The Research

Research publications on LISWT and ED

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  • Gruenwald I., Appel B., Vardi Y. (2012) Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy - a novel effective treatment for erectile dysfunction in severe ED patients who respond poorly to PDE5 inhibitor therapy. J Sexual Med 9: 259–264 [PubMed]

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  • Wang C., Wang F., Yang K., Weng L., Hsu C., Huang C., et al. (2003) Shock wave therapy induces neovascularization at the tendon-bone junction. A study in rabbits. J Orthop Res 21: 984–989 [PubMed]

  • Wang Y., Guo T., Ma T., Cai H., Tao S., Peng Y., et al. (2012) A modified regimen of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for treatment of coronary artery disease. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 10: 35. [PMC free article] [PubMed]

  • Yang P., Guo T., Wang W., Peng Y., Wang Y., Zhou P., et al. (2012) Randomized and double-blind controlled clinical trial of extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy for coronary heart disease. Heart Vessels, in press[PubMed]

  • Shock wave therapy found efficacious in treating ED

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