| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Adamietz 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Ali 2016 | Examined treatment of myofascial trigger points of rotator cuff muscle dysfunction. |
| Astore 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Avancini‐Dobrovic 2011 | Not an RCT |
| Barnsley 2001 | Not an RCT |
| Boxberg 1996 | Not an RCT |
| Bringmann 2001 | Not investigating shock wave therapy |
| Buch 1999 | Not an RCT |
| Buselli 2010 | Not an RCT |
| Bytomski 2006 | Not an RCT |
| Charrin 2001 | Not an RCT |
| Cheing 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Chow 2007 | Studied ESWT therapy for heel pain |
| Cosentino 2004 | Not an RCT |
| Costa 2002 | Not an RCT |
| Cyteval 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Friedberg 2010 | Not an RCT |
| Garcia Marti 2004 | Not an RCT |
| Hayes 2005 | Not an RCT |
| Jakobeit 2002 | Not an RCT |
| Kim 2012 | Participants were postsurgical repair |
| Krasny 2005 | Studied ultrasound‐guided needling |
| Labek 1999 | Not an RCT |
| Lee 2011 | Not an RCT |
| Lippincott 2010 | Not an RCT |
| Liu 2012 | Study was on bicipital tenosynovitis |
| Loew 1995 | Not an RCT |
| Lorbach 2008 | Not an RCT |
| Magosch 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Maier 2000 | Not an RCT |
| Mangone 2010 | Not an RCT |
| Manske 2004 | Not an RCT |
| Meier 2000 | Not an RCT |
| Moretti 2005 | Not an RCT |
| Mundy 2004 | Not an RCT |
| Njawaya 2018 | Study had planned inclusion of participants in 3 arms – those with calcific supraspinatus tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinopathy. However, due to poor recruitment in first arm (2 participants), they abandoned this arm of the study and have excluded these 2 participants from the results. Hence, the study did not include participants with rotator cuff disease, |
| Noel 1999 | Not an RCT |
| Notarnicola 2011 | Not an RCT |
| Pigozzi 2000 | Not an RCT |
| Polimeni 2003 | Did not study ESWT |
| Rebuzzi 2008 | Not an RCT |
| Rees 2009 | Not an RCT |
| Rompe 1995 | Not an RCT |
| Rompe 2000 | Not an RCT |
| Rompe 2001 | Not an RCT |
| Rompe 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Sabeti‐Aschraf 2004 | Not an RCT |
| Saggini 2010 | Did not study ESWT |
| Sarrat 2004 | Not an RCT |
| Seil 2006 | Not an RCT |
| Sistermann 1998 | Not an RCT |
| Speed 2005 | Not an RCT |
| Spindler 1998 | Not an RCT |
| Steinacker 2001 | Not an RCT |
| Thigpen 2010 | Not an RCT |
| Wang 2001 | Not an RCT |
| Wang 2003 | Not an RCT |
| Wiley 2002 | Commentary, not an RCT |
ESWT: extracorporeal shock wave therapy; RCT: randomised controlled trial.