Extracorporeal shock wave treatment improves incisional wound healing in diabetic rats.
RatWoundSprague-DawleyMaleTranscutaneous application to the woundLow energy (energy flux density not stated in abstract)At different times after wounding (specific time points not stated in abstract)
Model: Single dorsal full-thickness incisional wound in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
Shock wave treatment significantly increased wound breaking strength and hydroxyproline content at each time point, increased fibroblast numbers and new collagen fibres at the wound site, and up-regulated transforming growth factor beta 1 at day 7.
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