8th International Congress on Shock Wave Therapy in Vienna - Remarkable Results in Wound Healing and Curing Myocardial Diseases

VIENNA 1. 6. 2005 (PROTEXT) - Effective, non-invasive andpractically without side effects - extracorporeal shock wavetherapy has demonstrated impressive results not only inorthopedics and traumatology, but also in treating fresh andchronic wounds as well as circulatory disorders of the myocardialmuscle. These findings were presented at the ISMST-Congress inVienna, Austria (May30/31, 2005). The event is sponsored by the Austrian SocialInsurance for Occupational Risks.

Surveys of lobe circulation and burn models on rats at theUniversitätsklinik Innsbruck, Austria, have shown that shock wavetherapy outclasses all previously applied treatments.Thus shock waves became a treatment of common skin ailments likechronic ulcers, bedsores and poorly healing and infected woundsor burns. A pilot project conducted in Vienna and Berlin fromSeptember 2004 to January 2005 involving more than 100 patientsresulted in more than 80 percent of skin lesions reachingcomplete healing, 11 percent showed a success greater than 50percent.

By applying shock waves in experiments using pigs, Japaneseresearchers achieved surprising results - a neoplasm of bloodvessels in the heart was observed. The first clinicalapplications on humans in Europe confirmed these results - thecirculation of the myocardial muscle improved, the number ofheart attacks decreased.

Scientists assume a bio-chemical effect that initiates growthin blood vessels and releases growth factors, thereby causingchronically aggrieved tissue to heal.

Prof. Dr. Ching-Jen Wang (Kaoshiung, Taiwan) demonstrated a'biological response' to shock wave therapy - various proteinsresponsible for healing processes ('growth factors') are created,which cause an increased integration of newly formed bloodvessels as well as new growth of tissue, thereby triggering thehealing process - better circulation of the myocardial muscle,new bone formation and formation of new skin on lesions.

Queries:

Dr. Wolfgang Schaden, ISMST General Secretary, ismst@aon.atwww.auva.at

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