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The risk of bias was assessed via the RoB 2.0 tool, and meta-analyses were conducted via RevMan 5.4. Sensitivity analysis was used to examine the effect of excluding studies at high risk of bias. The certainty of evidence was evaluated via the GRADE approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-one randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (16 RCTs and 5 pilot RCTs) were included (n\u2009=\u20091030). Meta-analyses revealed that neither modality for pain nor function was favored across short-, medium-, or long-term follow-ups. For short-term grip strength, low-certainty evidence favored the FSWT (MD\u2009=\u20093.09; 95% CI: 0.31\u20135.88), whereas the RPWT was superior for improving medium-term wrist extensor strength (MD\u2009=\u2009-2.39; 95% CI: \u22124.34\u20130.44) in patients with lateral epicondylitis. For shoulder ROM, no significant difference was observed in the short term (P\u2009&gt;\u20090.05). Excluding studies with a high risk of bias in the sensitivity analysis did not change the pooled effect estimates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Very low- to low-certainty evidence suggests no significant difference between FSWT and RPWT for pain, function, or ROM. Low-certainty evidence suggests a potential short-term advantage of FSWT for grip strength and a potential medium-term advantage of RPWT for wrist extensor strength in patients with lateral epicondylitis. 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