I-extracorporeal shock wave therapy, njengendlela yonyango engeyiyo yonyango, isetyenziswe kunyango lwezifo ezahlukeneyo zamathambo kunye neentlungu ezingapheliyo kwiminyaka yamuva.
Iinkqubo zamaza othusayo kunyango lweentlungu zezicubu ezithambileyo zinokuba:
I-1.Isenzo somatshini, ukutshabalalisa i-calcified and fibrotic tissue;
I-2.I-Analgesia, i-reverse stimulation ye-sensory nerves okanye i-axonal reflexes ephuma kwi-fiber afferent emincinci kunye ne-dorsal root reflex impulses inokukhupha i-substance P ekupheleni kwe-peripheral kunye nokuvuselela i-receptors yeentlungu ukuvimba ukwanda kokuvuselela intlungu (i-theory yokulawula isango);
I-3.Ukuvuselelwa kwezicubu, ukuphucula ukuchithwa kwegazi kunye ne-angiogenesis, ukwandisa iiseli ze-mesenchymal stem, ukwandisa izinto zokukhula, Ukunyusa i-metabolism, njl.