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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2018

Quantitative Assessments of Mechanical Responses upon Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy.

Yajun Liu, Xiaodong Chen, Anyi Guo, Sijin Liu, Guoqing Hu

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yajun LiuOrthopedic Shock Wave Treatment Center Spine Surgery Department Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Beijing 100035 China.
Xiaodong ChenThe State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear MechanicsBeijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology Institute of Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China.ORCID 0000-0001-5530-2637
Anyi GuoOrthopedic Shock Wave Treatment Center Spine Surgery Department Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Beijing 100035 China.
Sijin LiuThe State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100085 China.
Guoqing HuThe State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear MechanicsBeijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology Institute of Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) has been widely used to treat orthopedic disorders with promising clinical results, rESWT largely relies on clinicians' personal experiences and arbitrary judgments, without knowing relationships between administration doses and effective doses at target sites. In fact, practitioners lack a general and reliable way to assess propagation and distribution of pressure waves inside biological tissues quantitatively. This study develops a methodology to combine experimental measurements and computational simulations to obtain pressure fields from rESWT through calibrating and validating computational models with experimental measurements. Wave pressures at the bottom of a petri dish and inside biological tissues are measured, respectively, by attaching and implanting flexible membrane sensors. Detailed wave dynamics are simulated through explicit finite element analyses. The data decipher that waves from rESWT radiate directionally and can be modeled as acoustic waves generated from a vibrating circular piston. Models are thus established to correlate pressure amplitudes at the bottom of petri dishes and in the axial direction of biological tissues. Additionally, a pilot simulation upon rESWT for human lumbar reveals a detailed and realistic pressure field mapping. This study will open a new avenue of personalized treatment planning and mechanism research for rESWT.

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experimental measurementsexplicit dynamics analysisextracorporeal shock wave therapyfinite element models

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PMID29593978
PMCPMC5867036
OpenAlexW2776754748

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