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Abstract The exact impact that shock wave impart to different musculoskeletal tissues is not understood completely. Relative to stone disintegration, the shock wave presumably cause high stress forces on the stone surface by the high pressure amplitude and the short rise time, thus exceeding the elastic strength of the stone and disintegrating its surface. The value of shock wave treatment was proven in the treatment of patients with fracture nonunions with a 60% success rate and there was a positive effect in patients with tennis elbow, painful heel, and calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder. |