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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for tendinopathies

Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2006
Shock waves, as applied in urology and gastroenterology, were introduced in the middle of the last decade in Germany to treat different pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, including epicondylitis of the elbow, plantar fasciitis, and calcifying and noncalcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff.
Romain, Seil, Philippe, Wilmes, Christian, Nührenbörger   +2 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy: Current Evidence

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 2010
The aim of this article is to provide a concise review of the basic science of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and to perform a systematic review of the literature for the use of ESWT in the treatment of fractures and delayed unions/nonunions.Articles in the English or German language were identified for the systematic review by searching ...
Boris A, Zelle, Hans, Gollwitzer, Michael, Zlowodzki, Volker, Bühren   +3 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2003
Shock wave therapy is quickly becoming a mainstay treatment for chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciitis, and many more applications for this therapy may exist. Many advances have been made in regard to this modality of treatment in just a few decades since it was first investigated in the 1950s.
Michael, Perez, Richard, Weiner, J Clifford, Gilley   +2 more
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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

2019
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) provides a non-invasive option to treat chronic soft-tissue conditions that have notoriously been difficult to treat. This chapter focuses on providing information regarding the use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy and its efficacy for key musculoskeletal areas. ESWT is a non-invasive procedure whereby shock
Randeep S. Aujla, Philippa Turner
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Targeting Shock Waves in human tissue for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

The 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy is a relatively new alternative method to surgery for the treatment of many bone and muscle disorders. Currently, targeting of shock waves in the human body is done using either ultrasound or x-ray imaging. Many studies have shown controversial treatment results with conclusions that criticize ultrasound targeting ...
I, Manousakas, L R, Wan, S M, Liang
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The dose–effect relationship in extracorporeal shock wave therapy: the optimal parameter for extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Journal of Surgical Research, 2014
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been demonstrated to have the angiogenic effect on ischemic tissue. We hypothesize that ESWT exerts the proangiogenesis effect with an energy density-dependent mode on the target cells.Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) of rats were obtained by cultivation of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells. EPCs were
Xiongliang, Zhang, Xiaoyu, Yan, Chunyang, Wang, Tingting, Tang, Yimin, Chai   +4 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Systems

2001
A typical ESWT system is comprised of Shock wave source with controls and coupling cushion, water circulation unit Shock wave source positioning system Rack for power supply, shock wave generator and controls Localization device(s) or localization aids Markings indicating the direction of shock wave propagation Laser ...
C. E. Bachmann, G. Gruber, W. Konermann, A. Arnold, G. M. Gruber, F. Ueberle, L. Gerdesmeyer   +6 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Ischemic Cardiovascular Disorders

American Journal Cardiovascular Drugs, 2011
Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death and a major cause of hospital admissions, with the number of affected patients increasing worldwide. The current management of ischemic heart disease has three major therapeutic options: medication, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
Kenta, Ito, Yoshihiro, Fukumoto, Hiroaki, Shimokawa   +2 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

2016
The use of shock waves and radial pressure waves generated outside the patient’s body and delivered to the affected region to trigger the body’s mechanisms to initiate natural healing, called extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is gaining worldwide recognition and the list of indications is increasing.
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Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Bone

Veterinary Surgery, 2003
Extracorporeal shock waves have been used for 30 years to fragment uroliths for nonsurgical treatment for urolithiasis in humans. Applied to bone, shock waves delivered at the appropriate energy and pulse number, can stimulate osteogenesis. In Europe, shock waves are routinely used to treat nonunions in humans despite poor understanding of the ...
Scott R, McClure, David, Van Sickle, M Randy, White   +2 more
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