Table 1. Studies that evaluated the effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy.

Year Published	Author	Population	Tested muscle	No. of patients	Follow-up (weeks)	Modified Ashworth Scale
						Baseline		After ESWT		p-value	4 weeks after ESWT		p-value
						Mean	SD	Mean	SD		Mean	SD
2013	Gonokova et al.	Cerebral palsy	Plantar flexor	25	4	2.70	0.09	2.00	0.08	0.001	2.15	0.07	0.001
2010	Amelio et al.	Cerebral palsy	Plantar flexor	12	12	3.30	0.49	1.80	0.38	0.001	2.25	0.45	0.001
2005	Manganotti et al.	Stroke	Wrist flexor	20	12	3.40	0.70	2.00	0.90	0.001	2.30	0.70	0.001
			Finger flexor	20	12	3.20	0.60	0.80	0.40	0.001	1.30	0.40	0.001
2013	Moon et al.	Stroke	Plantar flexor	30	4	2.50	0.67	1.41	0.67	0.002	1.75	0.62	0.019
2011	Sohn et al.	Stroke	Plantar flexor	10	-	2.67	1.15	1.22	1.03	0.035	-

ESWT = extracorporeal shock wave therapy