Introduction Idiopathic scoliosis is a lateral deviation of the spine of unknown origin. Initiation and progression of AIS may result from vertebral column overgrowth through a lordoscoliotic maladaptation of the spine to the subclinical (functional) tether of a relatively short spinal cord. Implications for treatment however have not yet been derived from the findings as published so far with ...

BACKGROUND Plantar fasciitis (PF) is the most common reason for heel pain. The efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) as an ideal alternative to conservative treatments and surgery is controversial, and almost all previous articles compared general ESWT with placebo without indicating the kind of shock wave. We undertook a meta-analysis to compare the efficacy of general ESWT, foc...

In human medicine, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is an established therapeutic procedure for treatment of renal calculi. In the last few years extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) also has been used in human orthopedic treatment, especially chronic insertion tendopathy/desmitis such as “tennis elbow,” tendinosis calcarea, and pseudarthrosis. In the veterinary field, the use of ESWT ...

!i£l AJBS'JrRA CT Shock wave therapy is a relatively new treatment of foot and ankle pain. An acoustic sound wave similar to one used for lithotripsy can cause a hyperanalgesia effect reducing pain and can cause breakdown and neovascularization of c1u'onically damaged tissue. T1u'ee commercial sources are available for musculoskeletal applications. To date, the treatment seams to be effective f...

Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or pneumatic ureteroscopic lithotripsy for lower ureteral stones therapy, we sought to identify and summarize randomized controlled trials that were used to treat distal ureteral stone. Methods: Eligible studies were identified from electronic databases. Database search, quality assessment, and data extraction...

2214-0271/© 2017 Heart Rhythm Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an op under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4 Introduction Inappropriate shock therapy from T-wave oversensing (TWOS) is a well-described complication in patients with subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD). We report a case of inappropriate shock from TWOS during...

Interaction between the normal shock wave and the turbulent boundary layer in a supersonic nozzle becomes complex with an increase of a Mach number just before the shock wave. When the shock wave is strong enough to separate the boundary layer, the shock wave is bifurcated, and the 2nd and 3rd shock waves are formed downstream of the shock wave. The effect of a series of shock waves thus formed...