Effect of the reflection at the soft tissue-bone interface on propagating characteristics of radial extracorporeal shock wave in soft tissue

Qiong Wu; Fan Fan; Liansheng Xu; Fei Shen; Li Wang; Fengji Li; Youguo Hao; Haijun Niu

doi:10.1080/10255842.2025.2554255

Effect of the reflection at the soft tissue-bone interface on propagating characteristics of radial extracorporeal shock wave in soft tissue

Qiong Wu
, Fan Fan
, Liansheng Xu
, Fei Shen
, Li Wang
, Fengji Li
, Youguo Hao
, Haijun Niu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering

Beihang University
Tongji University

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of reflection at the soft tissue-bone interface on shock wave propagation within soft tissue using finite element methods. Results showed that reflection caused obvious differences in the propagation process and attenuation characteristics of shock waves. The energy flux density (EFD) at the same target was proportional to the impact pressure. Changes in EFD at the target could be estimated using the impact pressure and the distance between the soft tissue-bone interface and the target (RMSE < 0.01). These results provide a reference for evaluating rESWT equipment and optimizing clinical treatment protocols.

Original language	English
Journal	Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2025.2554255
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

Keywords

Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT)
energy flux density (EFD)
pressure field
soft tissue finite element model
soft tissue-bone interface

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Effect of the reflection at the soft tissue-bone interface on propagating characteristics of radial extracorporeal shock wave in soft tissue

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