Table 3.

Literature data

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%

Comparison of literature data with our results

Explanation of abbreviations:

+++: painless

++: markedly improved

+: improved

0: stable or worse