ArticleBiology open2018
Exposure of zebra mussels to extracorporeal shock waves demonstrates formation of new mineralized tissue inside and outside the focus zone.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for erectile dysfunction: rethinking study design, implementation, and analysis.British medical bulletin · 2025Pooled it
- A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Pooled it
- Extracorporeal shock wave treatment for post‑surgical fracture nonunion: Insight into its mechanism, efficacy, safety and prognostic factors (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2023Review
- Opinion: Application of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in nervous system diseases.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- A Comparative Feasibility Study for Transcranial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Exposure of zebra mussels to radial extracorporeal shock waves: implications for treatment of fracture nonunions.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Cavitation-induced traumatic cerebral contusion and intracerebral hemorrhage in the rat brain by using an off-the-shelf clinical shockwave device.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
The success rate of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for fracture nonunions in human medicine (i.e. radiographic union at 6 months after ESWT) is only approximately 75%. Detailed knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms that induce bio-calcification after ESWT is limited. We analyzed the biological response within mineralized tissue of a new invertebrate model organism, the zebra mussel
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