Shock Wave Therapy as a Treatment of Nonunions, Avascular Necrosis, and Delayed Healing of Stress Fractures

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 651-662

  Furia, John P ^a   Rompe, Jan D ^b   Cacchio, Angelo ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^d  

^a Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b orthoTrauma Evaluations Centrum   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Nonunion; Shock wave therapy; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BONE; BONE NECROSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STRESS FRACTURE;

BONE AND BONES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OSTEONECROSIS;

EID: 78149405732     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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