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Case Series of Weekly Low Intensity Shockwave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction

Shoskes et al., Cleveland Clinic, United States 20th ISMST Congress in San Sebastian, Spain Abstract...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy shows site-specific effects in osteoarthritis of the knee in rats

Methods: Sixty SD rats were divided into five groups. Group I was the control and...

Shock waves promote spinal cord repair via TLR32

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Unfocused extracorporeal shockwave therapy diminishes bone loss in rats

van der Jagt OP, Schaden W, van Schie H et al.Orthopaedic Research Society. 2008; Poster No....

TRT SoftWaves® – a new regenerative therapy for paraplegia

Extracorporeal softwave therapy (ESWT) is widely used in clinical practice. In addition to its original...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy versus exercise program in patients with low back pain: short-term results of a randomised controlled trial.

(Notarnicola, Maccagnano, Gallone, Mastromauro, Rifino, Pesce, Covelli , Moretti B) The physiotherapy treatment of low...

The Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Patients with Coccydynia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(Shih-Feng Lin, Yi-Jen Chen, Hung-Pin Tu , Chia-Ling Lee, Ching-Lin Hsieh , Wen-Lan Wu ,...

MTS Science White Paper – Softwave – Pain Therapy

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MTS Spark WavesTM – successfully treating indispositions of the musculoskeletal system

Pain of the musculoskeletal system can seriously restrict the mobility of the affected persons and...

Cellulite and Focused Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Non-Invasive Body Contouring: A Randomized Trial

Karsten Knobloch • Beatrice Joest • Robert Kra ̈mer • Peter M. Vogt – Focused extracorporeal shockwave...

Penile low-intensity shock wave therapy for PDE5i non-responders suffering from vasculogenic erectile dysfunction since 2-10 years: A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Vinay et al., Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain 20th ISMST Congress in San Sebastian, Spain Click...

Selective sensitiveness of mesenchymal stem cells to shock waves leads to anticancer effect in human cancer cell co-cultures

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) possess the distinctive feature of homing in on and engrafting into...

Effects of the extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the skin: an experimental study

Thayná Melo de Lima Morais, Patrícia Froes Meyer, Liliane Santos de Vasconcellos, Julio Costa e Silva, Ito Ferreira e...

Effect of penile rehabilitation with low intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy on erectile function recovery following robot- assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Shogo Inoue, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Jun Teishima, Akio Matsubara Click here to read more.

SDSM Spine pain protocol

Stromal Vascular Fraction Combined with Shock Wave for the Treatment of Peyronie’s Disease

Elliot B. Lander, MD, Mark H. Berman, MD, Jackie R. See, MD – This pilot study...

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy as an Adjunct Wound Treatment: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Robert Dymarek, PhD, PT; Tomasz Halski, PhD, PT; Kuba Ptaszkowski, PhD, PT; Lucyna Slupska, PhD,...

Ultrasound and shock-wave stimulation to promote axonal regeneration following nerve surgery

A systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies – Limited regeneration after nerve injury often leads...

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2: SARS-CoV-2 Receptor and Regulator of the Renin Angiotensin System

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) has a multiplicity of physiological roles that revolve around its trivalent function:...

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy suppresses the early proinflammatory immune response to a severe cutaneous burn injury

Thomas A Davis, Alexander Stojadinovic, Khairul Anam, Mihret Amare, Shruti Naik, George E Peoples, Douglas...

Impact of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on orthodontic tooth movement-a randomized clinical trial.

Falkensammer et al.Clin Oral Investig. 2014 Dec;18(9):2187-92. doi: 10.1007/s00784-014-1199-0. Click here to read more.

Shockwave therapy differentially stimulates endothelial cells: implications on the control of inflammation via toll-like receptor 3

(Johannes Holfeld, Can Tepeköylü, Radoslaw Kozaryn, Anja Urbschat, Kai Zacharowski, Michael Grimm, and Patrick Paulus)...

Shockwave Therapy as First-Line Treatment for Peyronie’s Disease: A Prospective Study

A. SKOLARIKOS, M.D., ALARGOF, M.D., RIGAS, M.D., DELIVELIOTIS, M.D. and E. KONSTANTINIDIS, M.D – To assess in...

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment: An Emerging Treatment Modality For Retracting Scars of The Hands

Saggini R., Saggini A., Spagnoli A.M.Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. Vol. 42, No. 1, pp....

DermaGold100 Wound care Meta Analysis -(Philip Lavin Phd)

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The Physics of Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) was introduced in the 1980s for the treatment of urinary stones...

Shock wave therapy enhances neuronal sprouting and improves neuronal survival

An et al. 4th ISMST Basic Research Meeting in Vienna, Austria Click here to read...

Alternative Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction with the Urogold 100™

MTS Science Published on Jun 21, 2016 – The improvement of Erectile Dysfunction through the treatment with...

Efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for male chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a phase III, randomized, double blind controlled with placebo study 

Ramon et al., Hospital Quiron Barcelona, Spain 20th ISMST Congress in San Sebastian, Spain.Poster Session...

FDA Devices and Indications

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Shock waves activate in vitro cultured progenitors and precursors of cardiac cell lineages from the human heart

Postischemic cardiomyopathy remains one of the disorders in urgent need of effective noninvasive therapy. It...

Extracorporeal Acoustic Wave Therapy and Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis

Carlotta Scarpa, MD, PhD, Vincenzo Vindigni, MD, PhD, and Franco Bassetto, MD Acoustic waves are mechanical waves...

Shock wave treatment of muscle stem cells – a new implementation for regeneration

Fuchs et al. 20th ISMST Congress in San Sebastian, Spain Abstract P29 Click here to...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) minimizes ischemic tissue necrosis irrespective of application time and promotes tissue revascularization by stimulating angiogenesis

Mittermayer R, Hartinger J, Antonic V, et al.Ann Surg. 2011; 253(5):1024-32 Click here to read more.

Comparative study of shockwave therapy and low-level laser therapy effects in patients with myofascial pain syndrome of the trapezius.

The objective of the study was to compare the effects of shockwave therapy and laser...

Low-energy shock waves treatment induces angiogenesis in ischemic muscle by stimulation of Toll-like receptor 3 signalling

Holfeld et al. 4th ISMST Basic Research Meeting in Vienna, Austria Click here to read...

Angiogenic response upon shock wave treatment of the ischaemic muscle

Shock wave therapy (SWT) represents a clinically widely used angiogenic and thus regenerative approach for...

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for wound healing : Technology, mechanisms, and clinical efficacy

Mittermayr R, Antonic V, Hartinger J et al .Wound Repair Regen. 2012 Jul;20(4):456-65 Click here to...

Treatment for osteonecrosis of the femoral head: comparison of extracorporeal shock waves with core decompression and bone-grafting

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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) e First choice treatment of fracture non-unions?

Fracture non-unions are still a challenging problem in orthopedics. The treatment of non-unions remains highly...

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy role in the treatment of burn patients. A systematic literature review

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), first described in the eighties for the treatment of urolithiasis,...

Shockwaves Prevent From Heart Failure After Acute Myocardial Ischaemia via RNA/Protein Complexes

Shock wave treatment (SWT) was shown to induce regeneration of ischaemic myocardium via Toll-like receptor...

Shockwave Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer

Breast cancer is characterized by rapid aberrant growth of tissue in the mammary glands. The speed...

ESWT affects Schwann cell phenotype in vitro and in vivo thereby accelerating nerve regeneration

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Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy markedly ameliorates ischemia-induced myocardial dysfunction in pigs in vivo

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Is it possible to change of the duration of consolidation period in the distraction osteogenesis with the repetition of extracorporeal shock waves

It was found a statistically significant difference between the study groups and control group in...

End-stage Heart Failure with COVID-19: Strong Evidence of Myocardial Injury by 2019-nCoV

A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the cause associated with emerging pneumonia (COVID-19) detected...

Shockwave Therapy Helping Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

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A First Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Peyronie ’s Disease

Alessandro Palmieri, Ciro Imbimbo, Nicola Longo, Ferdinando Fusco, Paolo Verze, Francesco Mangiapia, Massimiliano Creta ,...

Zapping chronic tendon pain

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Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Pain and Function in Myofascial Pain Syndrome of the Trapezius: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

To evaluate the effect of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) on pain and function in myofascial...

Unfocused extracorporeal shock wave therapy as potential treatment for osteoporosis

Van der Jagt et al.Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society,...

Prospective Randomized Phase II Trial of Accelerated Reepithelialization of Superficial Second-Degree Burn Wounds Using Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Christian Ottomann, MD,∗ Alexander Stojadinovic, MD, FACS, Philip T. Lavin, PhD, Francis H. Gannon, MD,...

SoftWave Tissue Regeneration Technologies Receives FDA Clearance for Blood Circulation Increase, Minor Aches and Pains Relief and Connective Tissue Activation

ATLANTA, May 19, 2021 (Newswire) – SoftWave Tissue Regeneration Technologies patented extracorporeal shock wave device called...

First Report for Unfocused Low Intensity SoftWave® Therapy (uESWT ) for Nocturia and Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

IRB study at Georgia Urology, Atlanta, USA – Since 2007 at least 250.000 ED patients have...

International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment- ESWT BASIC PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES

2016 Dietz-Laursonn Click here to read more.

Toll-like receptor 3 signalling mediates angiogenic response upon shock wave treatment of ischaemic muscle

Shock wave therapy (SWT) represents a clinically widely used angiogenic and thus regenerative approach for...

Shock Wave Therapy Compared with Intramedullary Screw Fixation for Nonunion of Proximal Fifth Metatarsal Metaphyseal-Diaphyseal Fractures

The current ‘‘gold standard’’ for treatment of chronic fracture nonunion in the metaphyseal-diaphyseal region of...

ESWT for Acute and Chronic Soft Tissue Wounds

Wolfgang Schaden, M.D., Richard Thiele, M.D., Christine Kölpl, M.D., Michael Pusch, M.D., Aviram Nissan, M.D.,...

Lohse – Busch ISMST Presentation

High-energy ESW can destroy non myelinated nerves but afterwards there is an even faster regeneration....

Shock wave treatment after hindlimb ischemia results in increased perfusion and M2 macrophage presence

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Softwave® Tissue Regeneration Technologies Announces Landmark Trial for Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries

SoftWave® Tissue Regeneration Technologies, a disruptive bio-medical device company, announces the beginning of a trial...

Treatment of stress urinary incontinence with low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy in a vaginal balloon dilation induced rat model

To investigate the outcomes and mechanisms of low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (Li-ESWT) on stress...

Serum Proteomic Analysis of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy–Enhanced Diabetic Wound Healing in a Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Model

This study investigated the plasma protein expression in the extracorporeal shock wave therapy group and...

IVSWT Water Bath V2.0 Manual

The number of in-vitro experiments in shock wave science increases continuously. This fact reflects how...

Development of a Prognostic Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Successful Treatment of Nonunions

Predictive models permitting individualized prognostication for patients with fracture nonunion are lacking. The objective of...

Effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave for low back pain (A protocol of systematic review)

(Wei Wei, Hua-yu Tang, Yu-zhi Li, Tian-shu Wang) – : Previous clinical trials have reported that...

Indications for shockwaves in veterinary medicine

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ESWT for resident stress fractures in athletes.

Stress fractures are major concerns with athletes. It is sometimes difficult to repair, resulting in...

AUVA letter‒ Successful treatment of delayed and non-union fractures

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Unfocused Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, Li-ESWT, for Nocturia and Erectile Dysfunction

Sharpe MD, Georgia Urology, Atlanta, USA21th ISMST Congress in Beijing, ChinaAbstract P45 Click here to...

Current concepts of shockwave therapy in stress fractures

Stress fractures are common painful conditions in athletes, usually associated to biomechanical overloads. Low risk...

Epicardial shock-wave therapy improves ventricular function in a porcine model of ischaemic heart disease.

Previously we have shown that epicardial shock-wave therapy improves left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in...

Low-energy shock wave for enhancing recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells: a new modality to increase efficacy of cell therapy in chronic hind limb ischemia

(Alexandra Aicher, MD; Christopher Heeschen, MD; Ken-ichiro Sasaki, MD; Carmen Urbich, PhD; Andreas M. Zeiher,...

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Versus Ultrasound Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Objective To compare the outcomes of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) versus...

Focused high‐energy extracorporeal shockwaves as supplemental treatment in a rabbit model of fracture‐related infection

Focused high‐energy extracorporeal shockwave therapy (fhESWT) is used to improve fracture healing in cases of...

Using acoustic therapy to prevent opioid addiction.

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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Treatment of Vulvodynia: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Currently, there are no effective therapy strategies for idiopathic, non-organic vulvodynia in women. ESWT (extracorporeal...

Set up Instructions

Video for setting up the device, inserting the applicator and water cartridge, and how to...

Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity in Patients after Brain Injury: A Meta-analysis

The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy...

Molecular and Cellular Effects of In Vitro Shockwave Treatment on Lymphatic Endothelial Cells

Extracorporeal shockwave treatment was shown to improve orthopaedic diseases and wound healing and to stimulate...

In vitro extracorporeal shock wave treatment enhances stemness and preserves multipotency of rat and human adipose-derived stem cells

Schuh et al.Cytotherapy, 16(12), 1666–1678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcyt.2014.07.005. Click here to read more.

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Peyronie’s Disease: Clinical Efficacy and Safety from a Single-Arm Observational Study

Urology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Department of Urology, University of Florence, Andrology...

Body shaping with acoustic wave therapy AWT(®)/EPAT(®): randomized, controlled study on 14 subjects.

The objective of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of AWT(®), combining two different mechanical...

Analysis of heart injury laboratory parameters in 273 COVID-19 patients in one hospital in Wuhan, China

Since December, 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has raised...

Treatment of scaphoid waist nonunion by one, two headless compression screws or plate with or without additional extracorporeal shockwave therapy

Scaphoid nonunion remains challenging for hand surgeons. Several treatment options are available such as: non-vascularized or...

Effect of a Single Administration of Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave in the Relief of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness: Results of a Partially Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Fleckenstein et al.Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 98, 923–930 (2017). Click here to read more.

Transcranial Pulse Stimulation with Ultrasound in Alzheimer’s Disease – A New Navigated Focal Brain Therapy

Ultrasound based brain stimulation techniques may become a powerful new technique to modulate the human...

Evidence supporting extracorporeal shockwave therapy for acute and chronic soft tissue wounds

From Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement in Military Medicine, Rockville, MD; Combat Wound Initiative...

Low-Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Ameliorates Streptozotocin Induced Diabetes and Promotes Pancreatic Beta Cells Regeneration in a Rat Model

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Shockwaves prevent from heart failure after acute myocardial ischemia via RNA/protein complexes

Shock wave treatment (SWT) was shown to induce regeneration of ischaemic myocardium via Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3)....

MSC-exosome: A novel cell-free therapy for cutaneous regeneration

Peipei Wu, Bin Zhang, HuiShi, Hui Qian, Wenrong Xu – Cutaneous regeneration is a dynamic and complex process...

Shock wave treatment reduces neuronal degeneration upon spinal cord ischemia and improves symptoms in a first-in-man trial

Powerpoint abstract. Click here to read more.

Low energy shock wave therapy induces angiogenesis in acute hind-limb ischemia via VEGF receptor 2 phosphorylation

(University Hospital for Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, 2 Division of Clinical and...

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy: Current Evidence

The aim of this article is to provide a concise review of the basic science...

Veterinary wound care case study

The following images are of dog bites wounds sustained by a foal approximately one week...

Acoustic stimulation and tropism on skeletal muscles: Tissue resilience & regeneration in sports and ageing

Kenneth Craig Vincent, Wolfgang Schaden, Laupepa Aposetolo Karalus, Jacqueline Craig Huges, Daniel Poratt – The ‘Niche’ is...

Extracorporeal shock waves as curative therapy for varicose veins? – (Fiorenzo Angehrn, Christoph Kuhn, Ortrud Sonnabend, Axel Voss)

In this prospective design study the effects of low-energy partially focusedextracorporeal generated shock waves (ESW)...

Shock Waves Reach Dental Implantology (Spanish)

Lithotripsy or Shock Wave Therapy is proving to be an effective non-invasive treatment to regenerate...

Ultrasound Brain Stimulation Piloted in Alzheimer Study

Patients with probable Alzheimer disease (AD) had sustained memory improvements months after ultrasound brain stimulation...

ISSWSH Abstract

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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for treatment of keloid scars

Center for Shockwave Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Department of Orthopedic Surgery/Sports Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung...

Pilot Trial, First Report Worldwide for Unfocused SoftWave® Therapy (uESWT) for the Treatment of Testicles to Improve Testicular Size and Function

(Georgia Urology, Atlanta, USA. 2018) Testosterone in males is produced in the testicles. With aging...

Prospective Randomized Trial of Accelerated Re-Epithelization of Skin Graft Donor Sites Using Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Christian Ottomann, MD, Bernd Hartmann, MD, Josh Tyler, MD, Heike Maier, MD, Richard Thiele, MD,Wolfgang...

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for the treatment of cellulite e A current metaanalysis -(Plastic, Hand and Burn Surgery, University of Schlewig Holstein, Lubeck, Germany)

The aim of this meta analysis was to investigate the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave...

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Device for Treatment of Chronic Wounds

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Low Intensity Shock Wave Therapy: Regenerative Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction

(Dr Irwin Goldstein MD) Analogy to blood flow imparting physical forces – shear stress – onto...

Spark Wave® Therapy Improves Cardiac Function

Ischemic heart disease remains the leading cause of mortality (12.7%) worldwide, causing more than 7...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy as supplemental therapy for closure of large full thickness defects – Rat full -thickness skin graft model

Antonic et al., 2018Wound medicine 20 (2018) 1-6https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wndm.2017.11.0012018 Click here to read more.

STORZ MEDICAL’s NEUROLITH® receives CE approval – Transcranial Pulse Stimulation (TPS) on the central nervous system of patients with Alzheimer’s disease

In December 2018, STORZ MEDICAL has received the CE approval for the NEUROLITH®, a new...

Extracorporeal shockwave: mechanisms of action and physiological aspects for cellulite, body shaping and localized fat

Systematic review. – Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy – ESWT has had a wide use in rehabilitation, and...

Acoustic field characterization of the Duolith: Measurements and modeling of a clinical shock wave therapy device

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) uses acoustic pulses to treat certain musculoskeletal disorders. In this...

Treatment of cutaneous calcinosis in CREST syndrome by extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

CREST syndrome is a variant of systemic sclerosis, which affects a relatively small number of...

The link between shockwaves and innate immunity – the main working mechanism?

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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy surpresses the early proinflammatory immune response to a severe cutaneous burn injury

Davis T, Stojadinovic A, Anam K, et al.Int Wound J. 2009; 6:11-21 Click here to read...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) ‒ First choice treatment of fracture non-unions

Fracture non-unions are still a challenging problem in orthopedics. The treatment of non-unions remains highly...

“In vitro” and multicolor phenotypic characterization of cell subpopulations identified in fresh human adipose tissue stromal vascular fraction and in the derived mesenchymal stem cells

The stromal vascular fraction (SVF) is a heterogeneous cell population derived from the adipose tissue....

Response of Post-Mastectomy Lymphedema to Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy

Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Department of General...

Effect of Low-energy Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Orthodontic Tooth Movement and Miniscrew Stability

Megan BruzanMegan The low-energy extracorporal shockwave is a scientifically approved method to activate respectively increase...

The Applied Mechanical Vibration as Extracorporeal Shock Wave

Maria Cristina D’Agostino, Simona Maria Carmignano, and Andrea Saggini Click here to read more.

Shock wave therapy for systemic sclerosis

We studied the effects of ESWT in 8 SSc female patients who received 4 consecutive...

The Role of Shockwaves in the Enhancement of Bone Repair – From Basic Principles to Clinical Application

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is a treatment modality, originally introduced into the clinic as lithotripsie, which...

Impact of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) on Orthodontic Tooth Movement – A Randomized Clinical Trial

This randomized clinical trial investigated the effect of extracorporeal shock waves on the amount of...

Impact of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Tooth Mobility in Adult Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Single-Center Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

This RCT investigated the effect of non-invasive extracorporeal shockwaves on tooth mobility in orthodontic patients...

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy relieved pain in patients with coccydynia: a report of two cases

(Yousef Marwan, MBBS, Wael Husain, MBBS, FRCSC , Waleed Alhajii, MBBS, MSc, Facharztb , Magdy...

FUNDAMENTALS OF VIBRATION-INDUCED, CELL POLARIZING TREATMENT MALIGNER DISEASES

Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Axel E. Theuer Click here to read more.

Shock wave treatment induces angiogenesis and mobilizes endogenous cd31/cd34-positive endothelial cells in a hindlimb ischemia model: implications for angiogenesis and vasculogenesis

Shock waves have been shown to induce recruitment of intravenously injected endothelial progenitor cells to...

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for the treatment of spasticity in persons with spinal cord injury

(Swiss Paraplegic Centre Nottwil) – Spasticity is the most problematic self-reported secondary medical problem in patients...

Fully healed, Ordonez flourished for Tigers using ESWT

To fix an ailing knee that would not heal because blood had stopped circulating to...

Mesenchymal stem cells: Myths and reality

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs; also called mesenchymal stromal cells) have received much attention during the...

Shock wave as biological therapeutic tool: from mechanical stimulation to recovery and healing, through mechanotransduction

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a form of “mechanotherapy”, that, from its original applications...

Effect of unfocused extracorporeal shock wave therapy on growth factor gene expression in wounds and intact skin of horses. – PubMed – NCBI

8 horses were treated with ESWT at 6 locations along the neck at 36, 24,...

The influence of comorbidities and etiologies on the success of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for chronic soft tissue wounds: midterm results.

Wolff et al.Ultrasound Med Biol. 2011 Jul;37(7):1111-9. Click here to read more.

Letter regarding non unions in Europe. Dr. Schaden managing Director of the Workman’s Compensation Insurance Organization in Austria

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Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Cynosure – Aesthetics and Sexual Health Markets

Exclusive agreement to supply Cynosure LLC, a global leader in medical aesthetics, with its patented...

Shockwave Therapy Of The Heart

Ischemic heart disease represents a collective term for a continuous disease pathophysiology, ranging from acute...

Effect of shock waves on macrophages

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is broadly used as a non-surgical therapy in various diseases...

Impact of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on orthodontic tooth movement—a randomized clinical trial

This randomized clinical trial investigated the effect of extracorporeal shock waves on the amount of...

The Effect of Different Doses of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Experimental Model Mandibular Distraction

Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is widely used treatment for the bone deformities. In addition extracorporeal shock...

Shock wave therapy compared with intramedullary screw fixation for nonunion of proximal fifth metatarsal metaphyseal-diaphyseal fractures

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Antimicrobial peptide LL37/RNA complexes stimulate Toll-like receptor 3 upon shock wave therapy

Graber et al. 4th ISMST Basic Research Meeting in Vienna, Austria Click here to read...

Shockwave therapy in stress fractures

Stress fractures are common painful conditions in athletes, usually associated to biomechanical overloads. Low risk stress...

Doubts over heart stem-cell therapy

The cells are then injected back into the patient, to help repair damaged tissue. Original...

Comparative SWT Data to Evaluate Competing Technologies in the Treatment of Penile Connective Tissue for Improved Erectile Function

MTS Medical – First comparative report for MTS/TRT UroGold, (unfocused shockwaves “SoftWaves” ) and Radial/Ballistic waves,...

Shock wave treatment reduces neuronal degeneration upon spinal cord ischemia vi a Toll-like receptor 3 dependent mechanism

Lobenwein et al. 4th ISMST Basic Research Meeting in Vienna, Austria Click here to read...

In Vitro Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) on Proliferation and Metabolic Activity of Adult Human Keratinocytes

Ottomann C., Antonic V., Münch S., et al.J Bioengineer & Biomedical Sci 2015, 6:12015 Click here...

Extracorporal SoftWave Treatment to Improve Nerve Regeneration

Extracorporeal softwave treatment is CE certified in Austria, Europe and licensed for indications like achillodynia,...

Minimally invasive treatment of Peyronie’s disease: evidence-based progress

Department of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, *Division of Urologic Surgery, University of...

Mechano-transduction effect of shock waves in the treatment of lumbar facet joint pain:Comparative effectiveness evaluation

(Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Prague, Czech Republic Center...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of atrophic non-unions of femoral shaft fractures

Introduction: As of now, the role of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of...

Unfocused extracorporeal shock waves induce anabolic effects in osteoporotic rats

Van der Jagt et al.Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 31(5), 768–775. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.22258. Click here to read more.

Lateral epicondylitis: This is still a main indication for extracorporeal shockwave therapy

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used in a number of indications in the medical field....

Scientific Reports – Gene transfection by shock waves

Extracorporeal shock wave (SW) therapy has been studied in the transfection of naked nucleic acids...

Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Their Dynamic Balance Ability

(Department of Physical Therapy, Youngdong University) – [Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to...

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Device for Treatment of Chronic Burns

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miR-19a-3p Containing Exosomes Improve Function of Ischaemic Myocardium Upon Shock Wave Therapy

As many current approaches for heart regeneration exert unfavourable side effects, the induction of endogenous...

Shock wave treatment after hindlimb ischaemia results in increased perfusion and M2 macrophage presence

Tepeöylü et al.Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 12(1), e486–e494. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2317.2018 Click here to read...

Extracorporeal shockwave: mechanisms of action and physiological aspects for cellulite, body shaping, and localized fat—Systematic review

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy – ESWT has had a wide use in rehabilitation, and has presented...

The Assessment of New Bone Formation Induced by Unfocused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Applied on Pre-Surgical Phase of Distraction Osteogenesis

This study aims to evaluate the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy applied before and/or...

Prospective randomized phase II trial of accelerated reepithelialization

Christian Ottomann, MD, Alexander Stojadinovic, MD, FACS, Philip T. Lavin, PhD,§ Francis H. Gannon, MD,...

Effectiveness of the Electromagnetic Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Cellulite

Nowadays, the search for the ideal body is related to internal dissatisfactions that generate low...

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Louise Helen Hitchman, Joshua P. Totty, Ali Raza, Paris Cai, George E. Smith, Daniel Carradice,...

Shock wave application to cell cultures

Shock waves nowadays are well known for their regenerative effects. Basic research findings showed that...

Ultrasound Based Brain Stimulation

Ultrasound based brain stimulation techniques bay become a powerful new technique to modulate the human...

Effect of shock waves on macrophages: A possible role in tissue regeneration and remodeling

d’Agostino MC., Sukubo NG., Tibalt W., Respizzi S., Locati M.,Int J Surg. 2015 Dec; 1-72015 Click...

LL37 and shock waves

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Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) on Pulpal Blood Flow After Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The effect of non-invasive extracorporeal shockwaves on pulpal blood flow in orthodontic patients who have...

Unfocused extracorporeal shock waves induce anabolic effects in rat bone

van der Jagt OP, Piscaer TM, Schaden W, et al.J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011; 93(2):38-48...

Review of the Current Status of Low Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (Li-ESWT) in Erectile Dysfunction (ED)

Peyronie’s Disease (PD), and Sexual Rehabilitation After Radical Prostatectomy With Special Focus on Technical Aspects...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) First choice treatment of fracture non-unions?

Fracture non-unions are still a challenging problem in orthopedics. The treatment of non-unions remains highly...

Original hypothesis: Extracorporeal shockwaves as a homeostatic autoimmune restorative treatment (HART) for Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Mononuclear invasion of Langerhans islet and the ensuing insulitis triggers signal-transduction for the autoimmune mediated...

Benefit of combined extracorporeal shock wave and bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells in protection against critical limb ischemia in rats

We hypothesized that combined treatment with extracorporeal shock wave and bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells...

Cleveland Clinic – Low Intensity Shockwaves In Urology

Cleveland Clinic Daniel Shoskes, MD – As urologists, we have decades of experience with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for...

Direct epicardial shock wave therapy improves ventricular function and induces angiogenesis in ischemic heart failure

Zimpfer D, Aharinejad S, Holfeld J, et al.J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009; 137(4):963-970 Click here to...

Shock wave treatment for in vitro engineering applications

Weihs et al. 4th ISMST Basic Research Meeting in Vienna, Austria Click here to read...

Is it possible to change of the duration of consolidation period in the distraction osteogenesis with the repetition of extracorporeal shock waves?

In this study we examined the effects of two different repeated Extracorporeal Shock Waves (ESW)...

ISMST (International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment)

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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for wound healing: Technology, mechanisms, and clinical efficacy

For almost 30 years, extracorporeal shock wave therapy has been clinically implemented as an effective...

Prof. M. Kravchik. Focused shockwave therapy in the treatment of the spine. Oxford, UK Non-invasive treatment of herniated discs by focused shock wave therapy

(Non-invasive treatment of herniated discs by focused shockwave therapy) – In orthopedic practice meets a number...

Better lithotripsy on the horizon: an interview with James E. Lingeman, MD.

Yard DH.Renal & Urology News. 2011 Click here to read more.

Project: SoftWaves to prevent opioid addiction and to help addicts in their recovery.

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Alteration of inflammatory response by shock wave therapy leads to reduced calcification of decellularized aortic xenografts in mice

Tissue-engineered xenografts represent a promising treatment option in heart valve disease. However, inflammatory response leading...

ESWT for retracting scars of the hand

Department of Medical Sciences, Oral and Biotechnology, ‘‘G. D’Annunzio’’ University, Chieti, Italy; Department of Dermatology,...

Shockwave treatment enhances cell proliferation and improves wound healing by ATP release coupled extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation

Shock wave treatment accelerates impaired wound healing in diverse clinical situations. However, the mechanisms underlying...

Cell biological effects of mechanical stimulations generated by focused extracorporeal shock wave applications on cultured human bone marrow stromal cells

Human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSCs) bear tremendous clinical potential due to their immunomodulatory properties...

A study to identify the potential effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy alone and in combination with Avastin.

Breast cancer is characterized by rapid aberrant growth of tissue in the mammary glands. The...

Spark Waves® in Neurodegenerative Diseases – Concept for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

The use of non-invasive brain therapies has become a hot topic recently. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s...

Technology Assessment “Wound Care” dermagold100

MTS-Science – Acute wounds are caused exogenously by traumatic (e.g. mechanical, chemical, thermical) or iatrogenic (e.g. surgical)...

Efficacy of Unfocused Medium-Intensity Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (MI-ESWT) for Plantar Fasciitis

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a promising treatment for plantar fasciitis (PF), however, treatment...

Successful treatment of nonunions with orthogold280

A pseudarthrosis is defined as a non healing fracture from which a false joint develops....

Benefits of Spark Wave Therapy in neuronal regeneration

(MTS Science) – Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is widely used in clinical practice. In addition to...

Shock wave therapy alone has no impact on cancer growth

Cancer remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Several...

Comparative analysis of angiogenic gene expression in normal and impaired wound healing in diabetic mice: Effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Zins et al.Angiogenesis, 13(4), 293–304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10456-010-9186-9. Abstract Impaired wound healing is a persistent clinical problem which...

A meta-analysis of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for Peyronie’s disease – (International Journal of Impotence Research 2016) – Peyronie’s disease (PD) is a relatively common disorder originating from connective tissue and characterized by progressively fibrotic plaques in the penile tunica albuginea.

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