Low-energy extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) improves metaphyseal fracture healing in an osteoporotic rat model

• Gina A. Mackert ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gina_alicia_mackert@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6812-8025

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• Matthias Schulte,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Christoph Hirche,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Dimitra Kotsougiani,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Julian Vogelpohl,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Bernd Hoener,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Social- and Legal Sciences, SRH University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Teresa Fiebig,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

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• Stefanie Kirschner,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Marc A. Brockmann,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Marcus Lehnhardt,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn Center, Hand Center, Sarcoma Reference Center, BG Hospital Bergmannsheil, University Hospital Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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• Ulrich Kneser,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Leila Harhaus

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, Department of Plastic Surgery of the University of Heidelberg, BG Trauma Center, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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