Shock Wave Applications in Musculoskeletal Disorders -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Full Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Physical Characteristics of Shock Waves -- Physics -- Acoustic Properties of Media -- Cavitation -- Shock Wave Generation -- Dose-Dependent Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Rabbit Achilles Tendon -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Sonography -- Histopathology -- Discussion -- Dose-Dependent Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Waves on Rabbit Sciatic Nerve -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Dose-Dependent Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Waves in a Fibular-Defect Model in Rabbits -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Shock Wave Application for Plantar Fasciitis -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Inclusion Criteria -- Exclusion Criteria -- Group I -- Group II -- Method of Treatment -- Method of Evaluation -- Results -- Follow-up -- Complications -- Discussion -- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Application in the Treatment of Chronic Tennis Elbow -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Inclusion Criteria -- Exclusion Criteria -- Group I -- Group II -- Method of Treatment -- Method of Evaluation -- Statistics -- Results -- Additional Treatment -- Complications -- Discussion -- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Application in the Treatment of Chronic Calcifying Tendinitis of the Shoulder -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Inclusion Criteria -- Exclusion Criteria -- Group I -- Group II -- Method of Treatment -- Method of Evaluation -- Radiological Evaluation -- Statistics -- Results -- Rate of Follow-up -- Clinical Outcome in the Universityof California Los Angeles Score -- Radiological Outcome -- Radiomorphological Features and ClinicalOutcome -- Hospital Stay.

Absence from Work -- Complications -- Subjective Rating -- Discussion -- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Application in the Treatment of Nonunions -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Inclusion Criteria -- Exclusion Criteria -- Method of Treatment -- Method of Evaluation -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Index.