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. 2020 Dec 24;11(1):15. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11010015

Table 2.

Shock wave protocols used for studies included.

Authors Type of Shock Waves Number of Sessions Treatment Time Number of Shots Energy Frequency Anatomic Area
AbdelGawad et al. [20] Not specified 3 1 week 2100 0.32 mJ/mm2 Soleus and gastrocnemius
Altindaǧ et al. [26] Not specified 3 2 weeks 2000 0.1 mJ/mm2
2 bar		 Soleus and gastrocnemius
Amelio et al. [31] Not specified 1 8 weeks 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 Soleus and gastrocnemius
Daliri et al. [18] Not specified 1 2 weeks 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 Flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris
Duan et al. [30] Not specified 1 week Biceps brachii
Dymarek et al. (b/2016) [7] Not specified 1 1 week 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 4 Hz Flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris
Dymarek R et al. (a/2016) [6] Not specified 1 1 week 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 5 Hz Flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris
El-Shamy et al. [22] Not specified 12 3 months 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 5 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Gonkova et al. [8] Radials 1 5 weeks 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 5 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Guo et al. [1] Not specified 20 4 weeks 2000 2–3 bar 8 Hz Intrinsic and flexor digitorum
Kim et al. [28] Radials 5 2 weeks 3000 0.63 mJ/mm2
1.6 bar		 8 Hz Subscapularis
Lee et al. [15] Radials 1 1 week 2000 0.1 mJ/mm2
2 bar		 4 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Li et al. [14] Radials 3 3 weeks 1500
4000		 3.5 bar
3 bar		 5 Hz
5 Hz		 Flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris, intrinsic and flexor digitorum
Mirea et al. [16] Not specified 3 3 weeks 500 0.15 mJ/mm2
1.5 bar		 10 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius, biceps brachii, Flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris
Moon et al. [13] Not specified 3 4 weeks 1500 0.089 mJ/mm2 4 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Park et al. [17] Not specified 1/3 1 week 1500 0.03 mJ/mm2
2.5 bar		 4 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Radinmehr et al. (2016) [12] Radials 1 1 week 2000 0.34 mJ/mm2
1 bar		 5 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Radinmehr et al. (2019) [29] Radials 1 1 week 2000 0.34 mJ/mm2
1 bar		 5 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Santamato et al. [23] Not specified 1 1 week 1500 0.1 mJ/mm2
2 bar		 Soleus and gastrocnemius
Sawan et al. [25] Not specified 6 6 weeks 1500 0.34 mJ/mm2
1 bar		 5 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Tirbisch et al. [40] Radials 9 3 weeks 0.03 mJ/mm2 10 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Vidal et al. [5] Radials 3 1 week 4000 0.10 mJ/mm2
2 bar		 8 Hz Agonists and antagonists
Wang et al. [24] Radials 12 3 months 3000 0.03 mJ/mm2
0.6 bar		 8 Hz Soleus and gastrocnemius
Wu et al. (a/2018) [19] Radials
Focused		 3
3		 1 week
1 week		 3000
3000		 2 bar
0.10 mJ/mm2 		5 Hz
5 Hz		 Soleus and gastrocnemius
Soleus and gastrocnemius
Wu YT et al. (b/2018) [27] Not specified 3 1 week 3000 3.5 bar 5Hz Flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris and biceps brachii.