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Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy in Dupuytren’s disease – A hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses, 2011
Dupuytren's disease is a progressive disease due to unknown causal agents or genetics. An epidemiological analysis of 566 cases in North Germany estimated that around 1.9 million Germans are suffering from Dupuytren's disease. Beside Dupuytren's disease, there are a number of further less common forms of progressive fibromatosis, such as knuckle pads ...
Karsten, Knobloch, Marie, Kuehn, Peter M, Vogt   +2 more
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Protective Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on the Degenerated Meniscus in a Rat Model

American Journal of Sports Medicine
Background: Loss of meniscal function in association with degenerative changes affects the development and progression of knee osteoarthritis, for which there is currently no effective treatment.
Ryota Takase, T. Ichinose, S. Hashimoto, I. Amano, Takashi Ohsawa, Noriyuki Koibuchi, H. Chikuda   +6 more
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Ulnar Neuropathy After Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy: A Case Report

PM&R, 2015
AbstractCurrently, extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is widely used for treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders. We report a case of ulnar neuropathy secondary to the application of ESWT. A 48‐year‐old man was diagnosed with medial epicondylitis and underwent 2 sessions of ESWT.
Jae Seong, Shim, Sun G, Chung, Hyun, Bang, Hyuk Jin, Lee, Keewon, Kim   +4 more
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Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shockwaves Therapy on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2019
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effects of different doses and methods of extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) on the sciatic nerve regeneration of rat model using unbiased quantitative stereological techniques and to know which method and dose were effective. Methods:
Sagir, Dilek, Bereket, Cihan, Onger, Mehmet Emin, Bakhit, Nagi, Keskin, Metehan, Ozkan, Enes   +5 more
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Immediate effect of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: A randomised placebo-controlled triple-blind trial

Clinical Rehabilitation
Objective To compare the immediate effects of shockwave therapy using two different tips in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. Design Randomised placebo-controlled study with three intervention groups.
Cláudio Gregório Nuernberg Back, R. Peron, Camilla Vitória Rios Lopes, João Victor Estevam de Souza, R. Liebano   +4 more
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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction

Canadian Journal of Health Technologies
What Is the Issue? Sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common problem for males starting in their early 40s and increases with age. ED may be caused by 1 or more reasons, including organic (e.g., vasculogenic, hormonal), psychogenic, or mixed psychogenic and organic reasons.
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Efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy, compared to corticosteroid injections, on pain, plantar fascia thickness and foot function in patients with plantar fasciitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Rehabilitation
Objective To compare the efficacy of extracorporeal shock waves versus corticosteroids injections on pain, thickness of plantar fascia and foot function in patients with plantar fasciitis.
Irene Cortés-Pérez, Laura Moreno-Montilla, A. Ibáñez-Vera, Ángeles Díaz-Fernández, Esteban Obrero-Gaitán, R. Lomas-Vega   +5 more
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[Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in endoscopic therapy-refractory gallstones].

Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 1993
Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was undertaken in 36 patients (12 men, 24 women; mean age 70.9 +/- 2.4 years) with extra- or intrahepatic bile duct stones which could not be removed endoscopically. Stone fragmentation was successful in 32 patients with stones in the choledochal duct and in one with stones in the left hepatic duct ...
J, Tudyka, J G, Wechsler, W, Kratzer, P, Janowitz, E F, Stange, G, Adler   +5 more
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[Indications and application of extracorporeal shockwave therapy].

Ugeskrift for laeger, 2020
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a novel treatment modality to stimulate tissue regeneration and anti-fibrosis. In this review, we summarise the use of ESWT for erectile dysfunction (ED), diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), Peyronie's disease (PD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and scleroderma.
Sune Møller, Skov-Jeppesen, Ronja Niemann, Lundrup, Peter Bille Juul, Ladegaard, Jonas, Mortensen, Mia Dahl, Sørensen, Lars, Lund   +5 more
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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Athletic Training & Sports Health Care, 2017
James R. Scifers, Panelists: Greg Colvin, Matthew Johnson, Ashley Long   +3 more
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