General

  • Schroeder A, Tenforde A, Jelsing E. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in the management of sports medicine injuries. Training, prevention, and rehabilitation. 2021.

 

Plantar fasciitis

  • Gerdesmeyer L. et al. Radial extracorporeal shock wave is safe and effective in the treatment of chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciitis: results of a confirmatory randomized placebo-controlled multicenter study. Am J Sports Med. 2008.

  • Gollwitzer H, Saxena A, et al. Clinically relevant effectiveness of focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis: a randomized, controlled multicenter study. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015.

  • Jarnagin JJ, McCormack M, McGinnis KC, Borg-Stein J, Tenforde A. Use of combined shockwave therapy and platelet-rich plasma injection for management of chronic plantar fasciitis in runners. Two case reports. Dtsch Z Sportsmed. 2023.

  • Saxena S, Fournier M, Gerdesmeyer L, Gollwitzer H. Comparison between extracorporeal shockwave therapy, placebo ESWT and endoscopic plantar fasciotomy for the treatment of chronic plantar heel pain in the athlete. Muscles, Ligaments, and Tendons Jour. 2012.

 

Achilles tendinopathy

  • Gerdesmeyer L, et al. Current evidence of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in chronic Achilles tendinopathy. International Journal of Surgery. 2015.

  • Rompe JD, Furia J, Maffulli N. Eccentric loading versus eccentric loading plus shock wave treatment for midportion Achilles tendinopathy: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Sports Med 2009.

  • Rompe JD, et al. Eccentric loading compared with shock wave treatment for chronic insertional Achilles tendinopathy: a randomized controlled trial. JBJS. 2008.

  • Robinson DM, Tan CO, Tenforde AS. Functional gains using radial and focused shockwave in the management of Achilles tendinopathy. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2021.

  • Saxena A, Shou L, Ashraf S. Combined ESWT and RSW therapy for Achilles tendinopathy: a prospective study. Muscles, Ligaments, and Tendons Jour. 2019.

 

Bone stress injuries (stress fractures)

  • Tenforde AS, et al. Outcomes using focused shockwave for treatment of bone stress injury in runners. Bioengineering. 2023.