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AI InsightThe patients were treated twice weekly with a total of 10sessions of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (Groups 1 and 2) or were left untreated withsham extracorporeal shock wave (Group 3).Results: The comparison of the patients’ Visual Analogue Scale, Western Ontario andMcMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and Lequesne scores before treatment and at 6months and 1 year after treatment revealed significant score reductions in the first and secondgroups (p
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Abstract
Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiographic effectivenessof extracorporeal shock wave therapy to treat primary medial knee osteoarthritis with andwithout bone marrow edema in elderly patients.Materials and Method: Elderly patients with right knee osteoarthritis and bone marrowedema confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging were allocated to the first group (n=40),whereas patients without bone marrow edema were randomly allocated to either the second(n=40) or third (n=40) groups. The patients were treated twice weekly with a total of 10sessions of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (Groups 1 and 2) or were left untreated withsham extracorporeal shock wave (Group 3).Results: The comparison of the patients’ Visual Analogue Scale, Western Ontario andMcMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and Lequesne scores before treatment and at 6months and 1 year after treatment revealed significant score reductions in the first and secondgroups (p
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Giriş: Bu çalışmada, yaşlı hastalarda, kemik iliği ödemi olan ve olmayan primer medial diz osteoartritini tedavi etmede ekstrakorporeal şok dalga tedavisinin klinik ve radyografik etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Sağ diz osteartriti olan ve magnetik rezonans görüntüleme ile dizde kemik iliği ödemi teyit edilen yaşlı hastalar birinci gruba (n=40), kemik iliği ödemi olmayan hastalar ise randomize olarak ikinci gruba (n=40) veya üçüncü gruba (n=40) ayrıldı. Hastalar haftada iki kez toplam 10 seans ekstrakorporeal şok dalga tedavisi (Grup 1 ve 2) ile tedavi edildi ya da sham ekstrakorporeal şok dalga ile tedavi edilmedi (Grup 3). Bulgular: Hastaların Vizuel Analog Skala, Western Ontario ve McMaster Üniversiteleri Osteoartrit İndeksi ve Lequesne skorlarının tedaviden önce ve tedaviden 6 ay ve 1 yıl sonra karşılaştırılması, birinci ve ikinci gruplarda bu skorlarda anlamlı derecede azalma olduğunu gösterdi (p