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Table 3 Literature data

From: Long-term results of radiotherapy for periarthritis of the shoulder: a retrospective evaluation

Authors

Number of patients

Parameter

Dose per fraction/total dose

Time of data collection

Results (%, Pannewitz class.)

     

+++

++

+

0

Fuchs u. Hofbauer (1957)11

28

Pain Mobility

60 – 100 R/600 – 1500 R

End of RT

79%

17%

--

4%

Braun u. Jakob (1965)12

25

Pain Mobility

100 – 140 R/300 – 1640 R

Not stated

64%

32%

--

4%

Schertel (1968)13

89

Pain Mobility

100 R/400 – 600 R

6 weeks after RT

2%

18%

43%

49%

Wieser (1969)14

160

Pain

40 – 120 R/500 R

End of RT

22%

45%

22%

11%

Keinert (1972)15

145

Pain Mobility

30 – 100 R/400 R

Several weeks after RT

50%

41%

--

9%

Zilberberg et al. (1976)16

200

Pain Mobility

120 R/1200 R

4 weeks after RT

46%

24%

16%

14%

Hassenstein (1979)17

233

Pain Mobility

0.5 – 1 Gy/1.5 – 3 Gy

4–6 weeks after RT

43%

31%

--

26%

Goerlitz (1981)18

50

Pain Mobility

0.5 Gy/4 Gy

3 months after RT

48%

34%

--

18%

Hess (1988)19

164

Pain

0.3 – 0.5 Gy/up to 3 Gy

Several time intervals

49%

27%

--

24%

Sautter-Bihl (1993)20

30

Pain Mobility

0.5 – 1 Gy/2.5 – 6 Gy

End of RT

33%

27%

27%

13%

Keilholz et al. (1995)21

106

Orthopedic scores

0.5 Gy/3 Gy

6 weeks after RT

49%

32%

--

19%

Schaefer u. Micke (1996)22

42

Pain Mobility

0.5 – 1 Gy/2 – 4 Gy

6 weeks after RT

61%

15%

--

24%

Heyd (1998)23

41

Pain Mobility

1 Gy/4 Gy

Several time intervals

44%

27%

17%

12%

Seegenschmiedt (1998)24

89

Pain Orthop. Scores

0.5/6 Gy (2 × 3 Gy)

6 weeks after RT

49%

26%

6%

19%

Zwicker et al. (1998)25

77

Pain Mobility

1 Gy/6 Gy

3 months after RT

34%

35%

20%

11%

Schultze (2004)26

94

Pain Mobility

0.75 Gy/6 Gy

4 months after RT

18%

27%

14%

41%

Own results

141

Pain Mobility

1.0 Gy/6 Gy

4.5 months after RT

19% 13%

39% 45%

11% 11%

31% 30%

  1. Comparison of literature data with our results
  2. Explanation of abbreviations:
  3. +++: painless
  4. ++: markedly improved
  5. +: improved
  6. 0: stable or worse