Table 3.

Study characteristics for trial involving acute fractures with nonunion event rate given

Author/ Year	Study Design	N Patients	Mean Age	Follow-up	Diagnosis N(%)	Bone	ESWT	Nonunion event rate N(%)
Wang et al., 2007	RCT Pseudorandomization Odd and even days	ECSW: 28 Control: 31	ECSW: 35.5 Control: 35.4	ECSW: 27/28 (96%) Control: 30/31 (97%)	High energy fracture with bone gap <5mm and non-articular	Femur Tibia	6000 impulses at 28kV	ECSW: 3/27 (11%)
								Control: 6/30 (20%)

ESWT: extracorporeal Shockwave therapy, ECSW: extracorporeal Shockwave, RCT: randomized controlled trial