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Physical basis of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) |
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The term shockwaves (synonyms: pressure waves, sound waves) refers to mechanical pressure pulses that expand in a wave form in a medium (water, air or a solid body). At the wave front the pressure increases extremely fast in a short time and reaches high pressure values.
There are two general types of devices:
1) devices with a focusing shockwave. The maximum energy is reached at a specific focus in the body. Without locating equipment these devices cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent. There is a danger of the complete tendon zone being reached by the focus, which would adversely affect the results of the treatment.
2) A newly developed generation of devices generates low-energy extracorporeal shockwaves (ESWT) with a ballistic principle. The shockwaves spread over the complete tendon zone in a ball shape or directed in the body. This leaves the maximum energy outside the body away from the danger zone at the top of the applicator.
The new Swiss DolorClast® treatment method simplifies and improves pain therapy with tennis elbow, heel spur, shoulder pains and other tendon problems.
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Swiss-DolorClast® - device for application of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) The device is small, easy to handle and portable. It offers atraumatic, efficient treatment with extracorporeally generated shockwaves, which are guided to the pain zone with a freely movable handpiece.
This procedure greatly reduces the time and cost of treatment compared to high-energy focused shockwaves. |
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