Table 1.

Experimental setups used in published in-vitro shockwave experiments

Reference		SW	Coupling	Cell container		Cell model
Randazzo et al. 1988	[48]	eh	water	tube	PP	susp
Laudone et al. 1989	[38]	eh	water	tube	PP	susp
Gambihler et al. 1990	[56]	eh	water	tube	PP	susp
Cleveland et al. 1997	[35]	eh	water	tube	PP	susp
Delius and Adams 1999	[50]	eh	water	tube	PP	susp
Martini et al. 2003	[57]	eh	water	tube	PP	susp
Ueberle et al. 2002	[29]	eh	water	tube	PVC	susp
Hausdorf et al. 2010	[15]	eh	water	tube	?	susp
Braeuner et al. 1989	[30]	eh	water	pipette	PP	pel
Braeuner et al. 1989	[30]	eh	water	pipette	PP	gel
Strohmaier et al. 1990	[49]	eh	water	custom	silicone	susp
Maier et al. 2001	[34]	eh	water			organ
Wang et al. 2001	[14]	eh	cgel	tube	PS	susp
Yu et al. 2004	[53]	eh	cgel	tube	PS	susp
Zhang et al. 2014	[55]	eh	cgel	tube	?	susp
Neumann 2012	[70]	eh	cgel,mem,water	flask	PE	adh
Holfeld et al. 2014	[71]	eh	cgel,mem,water	flask	PS	adh
Ueberle et al. 2002	[29]	p	water	tube	PVC	susp
Moosavi-Nejad et al. 2006	[72]	p	water	custom	PE, glass	adh
Renz and Rupp 2009	[45]	p	cgel	tube	?	susp
Frairia et al. 2003	[42]	p	cgel	tube	PP	pel
Renz and Rupp 2009	[45]	p	cgel	tube	?	gel
Neumann 2012	[70]	p	cgel,mem,water	flask	PE	adh
Becker et al. 2014	[47]	p	med			organ
Dongen et al. 1989	[33]	em	water	tube	PP	susp
Yu et al. 1991	[51]	em	water	tube	PP	susp
Steinbach et al. 1992	[37]	em	water	tube	PP	susp
Steinbach et al. 1992	[37]	em	water	tube	PE	pel
Chao et al. 2008	[54]	em	water	tube	PS	susp
Hofmann et al. 2008	[58]	em	cgel	tube	PP	susp
Nurzynska et al. 2007	[46]	em	cgel	plate/dish	?	adh
Dorotka et al. 2003	[59]	em	cgel	well-plate	?	susp
Johannes et al. 1994	[10]	em	cgel,mem,water	tube	PP	susp
Oosterhof et al. 1989	[41]	em	cgel,mem,water	tube	PE	susp
Kusnierczak et al. 2000	[16]	em	cgel,mem,water	tube	?	adh
Gollwitzer et al. 2004	[52]	em	cgel,mem,water	pipette	PE	susp
Suhr et al. 2013	[73]	em	cgel,mem,med	plate/dish	?	adh

SW shockwave technology, eh electrohydraulic, em electromagnetic, p piezoelectric, cgel coupling gel, mem membrane, med cell culture medium, custom custom made, PP polypropylene, PE polyethylene, PS polystyrene, PVC polyvinyl chloride, susp suspension, adh adherent, pel pellet/sediment, gel embedded in gel, organ organ or tissue sample