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Recent findings in ESWT show that shock waves cause tissue regeneration and antibacterial effects. The body’s own healing processes are activated by acoustic biomechanical hyper-stimulation when electromagnetic and/or pneumatically-generated shock waves are applied to the target areas. New indications that benefit from shock wave therapy are continuously being discovered. It is certainly an exciting time for this non-invasive treatment.
To learn more about ESWT, we recommend the following sources:
Abstracts
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Hip Osteoarthritis
Barbara Bockstahler, DVM
12th ESVOT Congress, Munich, September 10-12, 2004
- ESWT: What is it? What Does it do to Equine Bone?
Scott McClure, DVM, PhD; David VanSickle, DVM, PhD; Randy White, DVM, PhD
Proceedings of the Annual Convetion of the AAEP 2000
- Shock Wave Therapy – More Shock than Wave?
Brian S. Beale, DVM, Diplomate ACVS
Gulf Coast Veterinary Surgery, Houston, TX
- The Role of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Soft Tissue Injuries in the Equine Athlete
Andrew P. Bathe, MA, VetMB, DipECVS, DEO, MRCVS Rossdale and Partners, Newmarket, UK
- Biological effect of shock waves on rat brain: pathological evaluation by compact Ho: YAG laser-induced cavitational shock wave generator
Atsuhiro Nakagawa, T. Hirano, Y. Kusaka, Motoyuki Sato, R. Shirane, Kazuya Takayama, Takashi Yoshimoto
- Dose-related effects of shock waves on rabbit tendo Achillis
J.D. Rompe, C.J. Kirkpatrick, K. Küllmer, M. Schwitalle, O. Krischek
- Extracorporeal Shock Waves Stimulate Frog Sciatic Nerves Indirectly via a Cavitation-Mediated Mechanism
G. Schelling, M. Delius, M. Gschwender, P. Grafe, S. Gambihler
Books
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Coombs, Richard, Wolfgang Schaden, and Simon Sun Hua Zhou. Musculoskeletal Shockwave Therapy. London: Greenwich Medical Media Ltd, 2000.
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Rompe, Jan-Dirk (Ed.). Shock Wave Applications in Musculoskeletal Disorders. New York: Thieme, 2002. Jan-Dirk Rompe (Ed.)
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Chaussy, C., F. Eisenberger, D. Jocham, and D. Wilbert (Eds.). High Energy Shock Waves in Medicine. New York: Thieme, 1997.
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Srivastave, R.C., D. Leutloff, K. Takayama, and H. Grönig (Eds.). Shock Focussing Effect in Medical Science and Sonoluminescence. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2003.
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Gerdesmeyer, Ludger and Lowell Scott Weil. Extracorporeal ShockWave Therapy: Technologies, Basics, Clinical results. Towson: Data Trace, 2007.
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Bachmann, C.E., G. Gruber, W. Konermann, A. Arnold, G.M. Gruber and F. Ueberle. ESWT and Ultrasound Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System. Germany: Steinkopff Verlag Darmstadt, 2001.
Articles
- Young, Geoff. "Healing Horses - What Works For Us, Works For Them" Horse Connection Magazine VI.7 July (2007): 51-57.
- Wave of the Future, Oklahoma State University: 2006.
- Esterson, Emily. “Wave of the Future?” Equine Veterinary Management Summer (2007): 37-41
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