Shockwave Therapy too Knee Osteoarthritis

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is the external application of high intensity audio energy.  This type of handling has been applied to kidney stones, fractures, tendonitis together with similar a shot osteoarthritis.   Two preclinical studies published today propose this technique may live on promising.

Two dissimilar models of human knee osteoarthritis were utilized.  One involves cutting the ACL, the other creates a cartilage defect inwards the knee.  Both of these studies propose shockwave therapy may bring value inwards the handling of human knee osteoarthritis.  Appropriate human clinical trials nevertheless remove to live on conducted.


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Here are the ii studies:

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Jun 6. 

Does Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Enhance Healing of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Rabbit Knee?: H5N1 Pilot Study.

Lyon R, Liu XC, Kubin M, Schwab J.

Conclusions

Shockwave therapy "accelerated the healing charge per unit of measurement together with improved cartilage together with subchondral os character inwards the OCD (osteochondritis dissecans) rabbit model.

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Journal of Surgical Research

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy shows time-dependent chondroprotective effects inwards osteoarthritis of the human knee inwards rats

Ching-Jen Wang, MD

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Yi-Chih Sun, BS

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To Wong, MD

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Shan-Ling Hsu, MD

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Wen-Yi Chou, MD

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Hsueh-Wen Chang, PhD

• Conclusion

  "Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is effective inwards preventing osteoarthritis of the human knee inwards rats. The beneficial effects of ESWT seem to live on time-dependent showtime at four weeks later on treatment."
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