Extracorporeal Shock Waves Therapy for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Wounds—A Prospective, Monocentric Clinical Trial to Examine the Effect of Shock Waves on Wound Healing
A repeated application of ESWT followed by standardized wound care was shown to significantly accelerate the time to re-epithelialization at the skin graft donor and recipient site compared with re-epithelialization time in patients of the sham/placebo group.
Authors
- Kristina Landscheidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3292-8175)
- Jochen‐Frederick Hernekamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7441-5776)
- Benjamin Geber
- Ole Goertz
- Markus Hübscher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3771-1266)
- Ahmed Alabdulmohsen
Institutions
- Martin-Luther-Krankenhaus (DE)
- BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum (DE)
- Storz Medical (Switzerland) (CH)
- Klinikum im Friedrichshain (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70311
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Wound Healing and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.08
Funders
- Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung