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Effects of Focal Low-Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment (ESWT) as an Add-On to Botulinum Toxin (BoNT) Injection on Pisa Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease Cover

Effects of Focal Low-Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment (ESWT) as an Add-On to Botulinum Toxin (BoNT) Injection on Pisa Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 16 (2026): Issue 1
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|Jun 2026
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.1201 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Page range: 37 - 37
Submitted on: Mar 12, 2026
Accepted on: May 21, 2026
Published on: Jun 4, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
ESWT, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, Pisa Syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, botulinum toxin.

© 2026 Paolo Manganotti, Tiziana Maria Isabella Lombardo, Valentina Cenacchi, Mauro Catalan, Giulia Bellavita, Valentina Tommasini, Arianna Sartori, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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