DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've had some foot issues, and I heard that shockwave therapy might be appropriate. How does it work? And how can it help? ANSWER: This noninvasive treatment uses sound waves to ...

A new groundbreaking study revealed that extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is safe, efficacious, and has shown ...

Those patients treated with the sham shock wave therapy showed a 30% ... when circulation is so poor that a foot ulcer fails to heal, or when treatment fails to stop the spread of an infection.

Our trial is the first randomized, controlled clinical study on shock wave therapy for diabetic foot ulcers, and it shows promising results for the application of ESWT [fig. 5]. Statistically ...

Investigators assessed tolerability, safety, and efficacy of low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy for treating mild to moderate SUI in women.