Abstract Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a form of “mechanotherapy”, that,
from its original applications as urological lithotripsy, gained the field of musculo-skeletal …

Regenerative therapy is one of the most challenging and intriguing branches of modern
medicine. Basic research has demonstrated the effectiveness of extracorporeal shockwaves …

Adhesive hydrogels have attracted wide attention as wound dressings. However,
conventional wound dressings that passively promote healing usually show limited efficacy …

Functional wound dressing has provided new challenges for researchers who focus on burn
to improve skin graft quality, reduce scarring, and develop a pluristratified dermal or …

For almost 30 years, extracorporeal shock wave therapy has been clinically implemented as
an effective treatment to disintegrate urinary stones. This technology has also emerged as …

Aims As many current approaches for heart regeneration exert unfavourable side effects, the
induction of endogenous repair mechanisms in ischaemic heart disease is of particular …

Shock wave treatment accelerates impaired wound healing in diverse clinical situations.
However, the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of shock waves have not yet …

Background: Whether plantar fascia-specific stretching or shock-wave therapy is effective as
an initial treatment for proximal plantar fasciopathy remains unclear. The aim of this study …

Objective: To assess the time-dependent treatment effects of extracorporeal shock wave
therapy (ESWT) in a standard rodent ischemic epigastric flap model. Background: ESWT has …

Tissue homeostasis is influenced by mechanical forces which regulate the normal function
of connective tissues. Mechanotransduction, the process that transforms mechanical stimuli …