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PubMed (((“Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapies“[All Fields] OR “Extracorporeal Shockwave“[All Fields] OR “Shockwave“[All Fields]) AND (“fasciitis, plantar“[MeSH Terms] OR (“fasciitis“[All Fields] AND “plantar“[All Fields]) OR “plantar fasciitis“[All Fields] OR (“plantar“[All Fields] AND “fasciitis“[All Fields]))) OR “Achilles Tendinopathy“[All Fields] OR “Patellar“[All Fields] OR “Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy“[All Fields] OR “Lateral Epicondylitis“[All Fields]) AND (“pain“[MeSH Terms] OR “pain“[All Fields])

Scopus (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapies”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Extracorporeal Shockwave”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (shockwave) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Plantar Fasciitis”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Achilles Tendinopathy”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Lateral Epicondylitis”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Patellar”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (pain))

Web of Sciences

1# TOPIC: (Shockwave) OR TOPIC: (“Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapies”) OR TOPIC: (“Extracorporeal Shockwave”)

2#TOPIC: (“Plantar Fasciitis”) OR TOPIC: (“Achilles Tendinopathy”) OR TOPIC: (“Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy”) OR TOPIC: (“Lateral Epicondylitis”) OR TOPIC: (“Patellar”)

3# TOPIC: (pain)

#3 AND #2 AND #1