Shock Wave Therapy
There is a steadily growing literature base for variations on the theme on this therapy. It goes by several different names and is supported by numerous clinical and lab based trials. I will try and provide a summary of this material, though inevitably, this section will need to grow and be updated as new information becomes available. I might add at this point, that Shockwave Therapy is not something that I have used in clinical practice - so I am passing on information rather than advocating it as an intervention.
I currently have almost 1600 references to material in the published literature - covering the full range of shockwave therapies, but clearly, you are not likely to want a list of 1600 refs - just to say that they are out there if you want to go find them. I will try and include some key refs for those that want / need them, but it might help to know that there are some NICE Guidelines which can be found at :
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&r=true&o=11187
The guidance is dated November 2005 - so does not include sme of the more recent publications, but does make for a useful overview should that be what you are looking for.
and an International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment liked at :
I will keep to the musculoskeletal aspects of the therapy rather than try and run through the full range of medical applications - I am sure that if you are interested in the others areas, you can use those links above and easily chase up further information.
: Further Pages :
What is Shockwave Therapy and what different types of the modality are there?
What evidence is there that Shockwave Therapy is clinically beneficial?
Key references for Musculoskeletal Shockwave therapy applications
(a copy of the references in a .pdf file is available fropm the DOWNLOAD pages)
Links and other useful sites (non commercial where possible)
