The effect of extracorporeal shock waves on hemoglobin release from red blood cells was recently found to be minimized under minute static excess pressure. It was proposed that this can be explained by shock wave-gas bubble interaction. We substantiated this further by two experiments by applying shock waves to suspended human RBC in a lithotripter at a lower frequency (1 pulse every 5 s) and b...

BACKGROUND Extracorporeal shock wave therapy has been reported to be effective in reducing muscle hypertonia in adults. AIM To evaluate the effect of shock wave treatment of spastic muscles in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS Twelve children with spastic equinus foot (6 boys,6 girls; mean age 8 years (standard deviation (SD) 2.31)) were monitored. Clinical (Ashworth Scale, passive rang...

in the present work, an engineering method is developed to predict laminar and turbulent heating-rate solutions for blunt reentry spacecraft at hypersonic conditions. the calculation of aerodynamic heating around blunt bodies requires alternative solution of inviscid flow field around the hypersonic bodies. in this paper, the procedure is of an inverse nature, that is, a shock wave is assumed a...

BACKGROUND There is considerable controversy regarding the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the management of plantar heel pain. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of randomised controlled trials to investigate the effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy and to produce a precise estimate of the likely benefits of this therapy. METHODS We conducted a sys...

Objective: to demonstrate the effectiveness of combination of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy and muscle energy technique on pain, range of motion, and neck function of the individuals with active trigger points of upper trapezius muscle. Method: Fifty-four (54) participants with active TrPs of upper trapezius muscle were participated and randomly divided into three groups. Group A (...

Secondary sound emission, partly in the audible frequency range, from shock wave disintegration of kidney stones has been recorded during the treatment of two patients. A skilled operator can determine by listening if the stone is hit by the shock-wave or not. Spectral analysis of these recordings show differences between the sounds which can be used to evaluate the fragmenting effect on the st...

INTRODUCTION Composite tissue allotransplantation is a newly emerged field of transplantation. Shock wave technology has already been used in the treatment of urologic and orthopedic disorders. Recent studies demonstrated a suppression of the early proinflammatory immune response. METHODS 50 allogeneic hindlimb transplantations were performed on rats in 5 different groups. Group A (n = 10), (...

PURPOSE We performed sham controlled evaluation of penile low intensity shock wave treatment effect in patients unable to achieve sexual intercourse using PDE5i (phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor). MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective, randomized, double-blind, sham controlled study was done in patients with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction who stopped using PDE5i due to no efficacy. All ...

Asbtract The structure of shock waves in liquids containing gas bubbles is investigated theoretically. The mechanisms taken into account are the steepening of compression waves in the mixture by convection and the effects due to the motion of the bubbles with respect to the surrounding fluid. This relative motion, radial and translational, gives rise to dissipation and to dispersion caused by t...