Table 4.

Results of the second search of the PEDro database split up according to key words as outlined in detail in the main text (deadline: May 17, 2015)

	Plantar		Achilles		Epicondylitis		Non-calcific		Calcifying		Subacromial
Records	288		130		135		8		21		76
Reviews	42		31		29		3		5		13
RCTs	246		99		106		5		16		63
Ps	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
10	1	0	2	0	0	n/a	0	n/a	0	0	0	n/a
9	7	71.4	1	100	3	66.7	0	n/a	1	100	4	0
8	9	55.6	5	60.0	9	44.4	0	n/a	3	100	10	10.0
7	13	61.5	11	0	17	5.9	2	100	4	75.0	15	13.3
6	11	45.5	8	12.5	19	10.5	0	n/a	1	0	11	0
5	13	46.2	6	0	24	20.8	1	100	3	100	11	0
4	16	25.0	8	0	14	7.1	0	n/a	3	66.7	7	0
3	8	12.5	3	0	7	14.3	0	n/a	1	100	1	0
2	2	0	0	n/a	3	0	0	n/a	0	n/a	2	0
1	1	0	0	n/a	3	0	0	n/a	0	n/a	0	n/a
CE	1	0	0	n/a	7	0	0	n/a	0	n/a	2	0
Total-1	82	41.5	44	11.4	106	15.1	3	100	16	81.3	63	4.8
Total-2	41	56.1	27	18.5	48	18.8	2	100	9	77.8	40	7.5

Records, total number of records; Reviews, number of reviews; RCTs, number of RCTs. Ps, PEDro score; A, absolute number of RCTs addressing the corresponding indication (i.e. plantar fasciopathy, Achilles tendinopathy, lateral epicondylitis, non-calcific supraspinatus tendinopathy, calcifying tendonitis of the shoulder and subacromial pain), split up according to PEDro scores; B, relative number of RCTs on ESWT addressing the corresponding indication; split up according to PEDro scores; CE, currently evaluated by PEDro. Total-1, total and relative numbers of RCTs in categories A and B; Total-2, total and relative numbers of RCTs in categories A and B with a PEDro score of 6 or higher.