Tobias Kisch1, Waldemar Wuerfel2, Vinzent Forstmeier3, Eirini Liodaki4, Felix H Stang4, Karsten Knobloch5, Peter Mailaender4, Robert Kraemer4. 1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Burn Unit, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. Electronic address: tobias.kisch@gmx.de. 2. Department of Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. 3. Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, German Armed Forces Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany. 4. Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Burn Unit, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. 5. SportPraxis Prof. Dr. Karsten Knobloch, Hannover, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is mainly applied in tendon as well as bone problems based on stem-cell activation and healing acceleration. The effect of ESWT on muscle tissue is much less understood to date. However, from a clinical perspective, muscle injuries are of distinct interest especially in elite athletes such as soccer players. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 26 rats were randomized into two groups. Group A received a single application of high-energetic focused ESWT (0.3 mJ/mm(2), 4 Hz, 1000 impulses, 10 J), whereas group B underwent the same procedure every 10 min for three sessions (3 × 0.3 mJ/mm(2), 4 Hz, 3 × 1000 impulses, totaling 30 J). Blood flow at a depth of 8 mm was measured continuously and noninvasively by a combined Laser-Doppler-Imaging and photospectrometric technique (Oxygen-to-see, O2C, LEA Medizintechnik, Germany). RESULTS: One minute after the application of high-energy ESWT blood flow in group A increased by 16.5% (P = 0.007). Thereafter, it decreased from minute 2 after application and remained significantly unchanged to baseline value until the end of the measuring period at 50 min (P = 0.550). Group B showed a similar significant increase in blood flow of 16.4% (P = 0.049) and a decrease afterward, too. After the second focused ESWT blood flow was boosted to 26.6% (P = 0.004), remaining significantly elevated until the third application was initiated. Muscular blood flow was increased to 29.8% after the third focused ESWT (P < 0.001), remaining significantly increased for another 10 min. CONCLUSIONS: Focused ESWT enhances blood flow in the muscle of rats. Moreover, repetitive ESWT extended this beneficial effect.
BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is mainly applied in tendon as well as bone problems based on stem-cell activation and healing acceleration. The effect of ESWT on muscle tissue is much less understood to date. However, from a clinical perspective, muscle injuries are of distinct interest especially in elite athletes such as soccer players. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 26 rats were randomized into two groups. Group A received a single application of high-energetic focused ESWT (0.3 mJ/mm(2), 4 Hz, 1000 impulses, 10 J), whereas group B underwent the same procedure every 10 min for three sessions (3 × 0.3 mJ/mm(2), 4 Hz, 3 × 1000 impulses, totaling 30 J). Blood flow at a depth of 8 mm was measured continuously and noninvasively by a combined Laser-Doppler-Imaging and photospectrometric technique (Oxygen-to-see, O2C, LEA Medizintechnik, Germany). RESULTS: One minute after the application of high-energy ESWT blood flow in group A increased by 16.5% (P = 0.007). Thereafter, it decreased from minute 2 after application and remained significantly unchanged to baseline value until the end of the measuring period at 50 min (P = 0.550). Group B showed a similar significant increase in blood flow of 16.4% (P = 0.049) and a decrease afterward, too. After the second focused ESWT blood flow was boosted to 26.6% (P = 0.004), remaining significantly elevated until the third application was initiated. Muscular blood flow was increased to 29.8% after the third focused ESWT (P < 0.001), remaining significantly increased for another 10 min. CONCLUSIONS: Focused ESWT enhances blood flow in the muscle of rats. Moreover, repetitive ESWT extended this beneficial effect.
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