Historical ESWT Paradigms Are Overcome: A Narrative Review
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a conservative treatment modality with still growing interest in musculoskeletal disorders. This narrative review aims to present an overview covering 20-year development in the field of musculoskeletal ESWT. Eight historical paradigms have been identified...
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doaj-53720691f7464d2eb31bcb0ae7a174ee2020-11-24T20:41:21ZengHindawi LimitedBioMed Research International2314-61332314-61412016-01-01201610.1155/2016/38504613850461Historical ESWT Paradigms Are Overcome: A Narrative ReviewHeinz Lohrer0Tanja Nauck1Vasileios Korakakis2Nikos Malliaropoulos3European Sportscare Network (ESN), Zentrum für Sportorthopädie, Borsigstrasse 2, 65205 Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt, GermanyEuropean Sportscare Network (ESN), Zentrum für Sportorthopädie, Borsigstrasse 2, 65205 Wiesbaden-Nordenstadt, GermanyAspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Sport City Street, P.O. Box 29222, Doha, QatarEuropean SportsCare, 68 Harley Street, London W1G 7HE, UKExtracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a conservative treatment modality with still growing interest in musculoskeletal disorders. This narrative review aims to present an overview covering 20-year development in the field of musculoskeletal ESWT. Eight historical paradigms have been identified and put under question from a current perspective: energy intensity, focus size, anesthesia, imaging, growth plates, acuteness, calcifications, and number of sessions. All paradigms as set in a historical consensus meeting in 1995 are to be revised. First, modern musculoskeletal ESWT is divided into focused and radial technology and the physical differences are about 100-fold with respect to the applied energy. Most lesions to be treated are easy to reach and clinical focusing plays a major role today. Lesion size is no longer a matter of concern. With the exception of nonunion fractures full, regional, or even local anesthesia is not helpful in musculoskeletal indications. Juvenile patients can also effectively be treated without risk of epiphyseal damage. Further research is needed to answer the question about if and which acute injuries can be managed effectively. Treatment parameters like the number of sessions are still relying on empirical data and have to be further elucidated.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3850461 |
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Historical ESWT Paradigms Are Overcome: A Narrative Review |
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a conservative treatment modality with still growing interest in musculoskeletal disorders. This narrative review aims to present an overview covering 20-year development in the field of musculoskeletal ESWT. Eight historical paradigms have been identified and put under question from a current perspective: energy intensity, focus size, anesthesia, imaging, growth plates, acuteness, calcifications, and number of sessions. All paradigms as set in a historical consensus meeting in 1995 are to be revised. First, modern musculoskeletal ESWT is divided into focused and radial technology and the physical differences are about 100-fold with respect to the applied energy. Most lesions to be treated are easy to reach and clinical focusing plays a major role today. Lesion size is no longer a matter of concern. With the exception of nonunion fractures full, regional, or even local anesthesia is not helpful in musculoskeletal indications. Juvenile patients can also effectively be treated without risk of epiphyseal damage. Further research is needed to answer the question about if and which acute injuries can be managed effectively. Treatment parameters like the number of sessions are still relying on empirical data and have to be further elucidated. |
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