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Published in final edited form as: Sex Med Rev. 2019 Nov 14;8(1):100–105. doi: 10.1016/j.sxmr.2019.09.004

Table 3.

Different Types of Shockwaves

Physics Term	Mechanism
Electrohydraulic shockwave	Tips of an electrode are submerged in a fluid, when voltage is applied the fluid is vaporized which causes rapid expansion in the surrounding fluid leading to shockwave propagation.
Electromagnetic shockwave	Fluid is disturbed by applying a voltage across metallic membranes to produce a magnetic field that causes an abrupt movement in a metallic membrane and corresponding shockwave propagation
Pizoelectric shockwave	Piezoceramic elements are embedded into a spherical device submerged in a medium; when voltage is applied to the ceramic elements expand, inducing a mechanical disturbance in the medium resulting in shockwave propagation
Linear Li-ESWT	Shockwave focused over a larger surface area, designed to conform to more linear tissue such as the corpora/crura.
Radial waves	A controlled explosion of compressed air bursts a projectile into a probe, which deforms creating a wave