Terapia por ondas de choque como tratamento de tendinopatias: uma revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Tendinopathy consists of a series of tendon diseases with multiple pathogenesis, including traumatic injuries as well as chronic diseases. When other conservative treatments fail, shockwave therapy is used as an effective alternative to surgery. The study aimed to discuss, based on scientific evidence already published, the importance of shock wave therapy as a treatment for tendiopathies. This is an integrative literature review study carried out in the BVS, PubMed and SciELO databases, using the descriptors “Shock wave therapy”, “Tendinopathies”, “Tendon”. Articles published in the period 2019-2024, available electronically in full, with open and free access, were included. Editorials, expanded abstracts, letters to the editor, works published in event proceedings, dissertations, theses, monographs and duplicate publications were excluded. After pre-selection and search, 10 studies were part of the sample. From this review it was possible to conclude that current scientific literature reports the effectiveness of wave and shock therapy as a treatment for tendinopathies, whose patients tend to present better clinical results when compared to other invasive approaches. However, due to the existence of several instruments used to evaluate pain and functional results after shock wave therapy, efforts are necessary to standardize the creation and use of a protocol that can evaluate the effectiveness of this technique. treatment.