title: Influence of shock waves on fracture healing.
abstract: During the last decades the influence of physical factors on fracture healing has been widely described. With the use of shock waves for the treatment of urolithiasis, a new mechanical medium has been introduced into medicine. For the first time the influence of shock waves on fracture healing was studied in rats. With fractioned shock-wave treatment (5 times 100 shock waves at 14 or 18 kV) an enhancement in healing could be achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haupt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haupt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekkernkamp
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerety
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chvapil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050723:Fractures, Bone; D008096:Lithotripsy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014945:Wound Healing