Jun Iwatsu, Yutaka Yabe, Kenji Kanazawa, Nobuyuki Itaya, Yasuhito Sogi, Yoshihumi Saijo, Toshimi Aizawa, Yoshihiro Hagiwara
Joint immobilization, which ensures rest and accelerates tissue recovery in musculoskeletal disorders, often causes joint contracture, for which there is still no effective prevention. To address this, we investigated the effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) in preventing joint contracture, in a unilaterally immobilized knee rat model. Under general anesthesia, ESWT (0.25 mJ/mm2 , 3000 shot, 4 Hz, 3 days/week) was administered from 1 day after immobilization up to 2, 4, and 6 weeks. The immobilized control group received general anesthesia without ESWT...
August 28, 2022: Journal of Orthopaedic Research: Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society