THE OSTEOGENIC POTENTIAL OF EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE THERAPY - AN IN-VIVO STUDY

Authors
MCCORMACK D LANE H MCELWAIN J
Citation
D. Mccormack et al., THE OSTEOGENIC POTENTIAL OF EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE THERAPY - AN IN-VIVO STUDY, Irish journal of medical science, 165(1), 1996, pp. 20-22
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Irish journal of medical science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00211265
Volume
165
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
20 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-1265(1996)165:1<20:TOPOES>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We studied the effects of extratorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on the healing potential of osteotomies in rabbit radii. The results of s equential low dose shock wave therapy were compared prospectively with natural healing in the radii of New Zealand white rabbits, Our result s suggest that ESWT causes new bone formation locally, However such ex uberant callus formation does not equate with accelerated fracture hea ling and in fact implies a delay in the remodelling process.