Abstract:Objective To compare the short-term clinical effect of radiation-type extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) and perigenicinjection in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis ligament calcification.Method Forty cases of patients with knee osteoarthritis and ligament calcification were randomly divided into the observation group (20 cases) and the control group (20 cases). Patients in the observation group were treated with rESWT, while patients in the control group were treated with perigenicular calcification point injection therapy. The VAS (visual analogue scale) scores, Lysholm knee function scores of two groups before treatment, after the first, the second, the third, the fourth treatment, and 4 weeks after treatment were analyzed. Meanwhile, three-dimensional ultrasonography was used to assess the absorption of calcification, and the patient satisfaction after 4 weeks of treatment was calculated.Result The VAS scores of the two groups before treatment, after the first treatment, after the second treatment, after the third treatment, after the fourth treatment and 4 weeks after treatment, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Compared with before treatment, the VAS score of the two groups decreased after treatment (P < 0.05). After the third treatment, after the fourth treatment, and 4 weeks after the end of treatment, the VAS score of the observation group decreased more than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The Lysholm knee function scores of the two groups before treatment, after the first treatment, after the second treatment, after the third treatment, after the fourth treatment and 4 weeks after treatment were statistically significant (P < 0.05); Compared with before treatment, Lysholm knee function score of the two groups increased (P < 0.05), and after the second treatment, Lysholm knee function score of the observation group improved more significantly than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Before treatment, after the first treatment, after the second treatment, after the third treatment, after the fourth treatment and 4 weeks after treatment, the maximum transverse diameter of calcified ligaments around the knee joint of the two groups was significantly different (P < 0.05); Before treatment, there was no significant difference in the maximum transverse diameter of calcified ligaments around the knee between the two groups (P > 0.05). After the second treatment, the transverse diameter of calcified ligaments around the knee in the observation group decreased compared with that before treatment (P < 0.05), and there was no significant difference in the transverse diameter of calcified ligaments around the knee in the control group (P > 0.05). The satisfaction of the observation group was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion rESWT has more obvious and faster clinical efficacy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis with ligament calcification, promoting the absorption of ligament calcification, with high assessment, which is worthy of promotion.