Therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on Osgood-Schlatter disease

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on Osgood-Schlatter disease. Methods Sixty Osgood-Schlatter disease patients were evenly randomly divided into therapeutic group 30 cases and control group 30 cases. The therapeutic group was treated with extracorporeal shock wave therapy. The control group was treated with high frequency electro therapy and rest on knee joint Results The clinical symptom and pain with visual analogous score the tibial tubercle of therapeutic group and control group were obviously decreased after treatment compared with before treatment (P< 0.05), they were (2.2 ± 1.3) scores vs (7.9 ± 2.4) scores, (4.8 ± 2.6) scores vs (8.2 ± 2.5) scores,the therapeutic group in pain resume significantly better than the control group (P<0.05 ). The cured rate of the therapeutic group was 83.33% (25/30), the control group was 63.33% (19/30), there was significant difference between the two groups (P <0.05). Conclusion The rehabilitation therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the Osgood-Schlatter disease is remarkable. Key words: High-energy shock waves; Tibia; Osteochondritis; Rehabilitation