The DART Lab is the Dynamic Athlete Research and Training Lab in Boulder, Colorado. It curates the peer-reviewed evidence behind the clinic’s five protocols, publishes our most-read clinical articles, prepares case reports from the practice, and houses the teaching work of Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ, founder of the American Shockwave Training Institute, who trains other clinicians in the methods used here. Every study on this page is a real, citable publication in a named journal.
Regenerative medicine is full of claims. This page is the opposite: the actual studies, graded honestly, the articles we wrote to explain them, and the credentials of the physician who reads them. Use it to check our reasoning, or anyone else’s.
The Standard
A clinic that teaches a method has to hold itself to the standard it teaches. Dr. Garg trains clinicians and physicians in focused shockwave therapy through ASTI. That teaching role is why this page exists: the literature we hand to course participants is the same literature this library curates for patients.
The library also says plainly what most clinic pages will not: which evidence is strong, which is still developing, and which is ours versus independent. Where a technology is newer, this page says so.
Key Takeaways
- The DART Lab is the research and training program of Dynamic Athlete: an evidence library, our clinical articles, case reports in preparation, and the ASTI teaching arm, on one page.
- 15 peer-reviewed studies, three per protocol, from journals including The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the American Journal of Sports Medicine, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- The evidence is graded honestly: randomized trials and systematic reviews are labeled as such; newer technologies like EMTT are labeled as developing, not oversold.
- The literature shapes the protocols. The PRP dose research is why Dynamic PRP+ is high-dose and multi-spin; the focused-versus-radial literature is why Dynamic Shockwave+ uses focused electromagnetic ESWT.
- Outcomes at the clinic, in our combined protocols: over 90% of our patients self-report a 75% or greater improvement, all without surgery.
- Care is affordable: HSA/FSA eligible, with Cherry financing available.
The Library
15 studies
Fifteen peer-reviewed publications, three for each of the five Dynamic protocols, selected and read by the physician who performs the procedures. Randomized trials, systematic reviews, and Cochrane analyses: named journals, named authors, real citations.
What the DART Lab does
It reads the literature before the clinic offers a treatment.
Every protocol at Dynamic Athlete traces to published evidence, and this library shows the receipts. The studies below are independent, peer-reviewed publications: we did not run them, and we do not pretend we did. What is ours is the clinical judgment built on them: which technologies to adopt, at what dose, on which equipment, for which patients.
It trains the clinicians other patients will see.
Dr. Garg is the founder of the American Shockwave Training Institute (ASTI), where clinicians and physicians learn focused shockwave therapy on Storz Medical systems, and he serves as teaching faculty at the Regenerative Medicine Training Institute and Rocky Vista University. The training half of the DART Lab is that work: the standard taught to other clinics is the standard practiced here.
It publishes what we learn, in plain language.
The articles below are the clinic’s most-read clinical explainers, written by Dr. Garg to answer the questions patients actually ask: why a treatment fails, how dose changes outcomes, what the cell evidence really says. Case reports from the practice are being prepared for publication and will be listed here as each is completed, with its status stated plainly.
The evidence library: fifteen studies, five protocols
Three publications per protocol, chosen for quality and relevance. Tags mark the study type: Randomized Trial, Systematic Review, Guideline, Prospective / Clinical Study, Mechanism / Early
Focused Shockwave & EMTT
Efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for orthopedic conditions: a systematic review on studies listed in the PEDro database Systematic Review
Schmitz C, et al. · British Medical Bulletin · 2015 · 116:115-138 A systematic review of randomized controlled trials in the PEDro physiotherapy database, concluding ESWT is an effective and safe option across a range of orthopedic conditions.
Clinically relevant effectiveness of focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis Randomized Trial
Gollwitzer H, et al. · The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2015 · 97:701-708 A randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial in chronic plantar fasciitis: focused ESWT produced clinically relevant improvement in pain and function versus placebo.
Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy as a New Form of Electromagnetic Wave Therapy: From Gene Upregulation to Accelerated Matrix Mineralization in Bone Healing Mechanism / Early
Gerdesmeyer L, et al. · Biomedicines · 2024 · 12:2269 A laboratory study of how EMTT works at the cellular level in bone healing. EMTT’s clinical literature is newer and still growing; we label it accordingly rather than oversell it.
Platelet-Rich Plasma
Dose and Composition of Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Systematic Review of Reporting in Clinical Trials Systematic Review
Chahla J, et al. · The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery . 2017 · 99:1769-1779 A systematic review showing most PRP trials do not report what was actually injected: dose and composition vary widely between preparations. This is why “PRP” results differ so much between clinics, and why our protocol specifies dose.
Platelet Concentration and Its Effect on the Clinical Outcomes of Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy Systematic Review
Berrigan WA, et al. · Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine · 2024 · 12 A review of the relationship between platelet concentration and clinical outcome, supporting higher-dose preparations in knee osteoarthritis. The dose question is central to how Dynamic PRP+ is prepared: high-dose, multi-spin, over 10 billion platelets.
Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma for chronic tennis elbow: a double-blind, prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of 230 patients Randomized Trial
Mishra AK, et al. · American Journal of Sports Medicine . 2014 · 42:463-471 One of the largest PRP trials in tendinopathy: 230 patients with chronic tennis elbow, with the PRP group showing significantly greater pain improvement at 24 weeks.
Bone Marrow & Adipose Cell Therapy
Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Systematic Review
Ma W, et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research · 2020 · 15:431 A meta-analysis of randomized trials of mesenchymal cell therapy in knee osteoarthritis, finding improvements in pain and function versus controls.
Two-year clinical outcomes of autologous microfragmented adipose tissue in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis Prospective / Clinical Study
Gobbi A, et al. · International Orthopaedics · 2021 · 45:1179-1188 A multicenter international study of MFAT in knee osteoarthritis showing durable improvement at two years, including in older patients.
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate is equivalent to platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis at 2 years Randomized Trial
Anz AW, Andrews JR, et al. · American Journal of Sports Medicine · 2022 · 50:618-629 A prospective randomized trial from the Andrews research group comparing BMAC and PRP head to head in knee osteoarthritis: equivalent outcomes at two years. Cell source selection is a clinical decision, which is why Dynamic Stem Cell+ is physician-selected per patient.
Bone Marrow & Adipose Cell Therapy
Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Systematic Review
Ma W, et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research · 2020 · 15:431 A meta-analysis of randomized trials of mesenchymal cell therapy in knee osteoarthritis, finding improvements in pain and function versus controls.
Two-year clinical outcomes of autologous microfragmented adipose tissue in elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis Prospective / Clinical Study
Gobbi A, et al. · International Orthopaedics · 2021 · 45:1179-1188 A multicenter international study of MFAT in knee osteoarthritis showing durable improvement at two years, including in older patients.
Bone marrow aspirate concentrate is equivalent to platelet-rich plasma for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis at 2 years Randomized Trial
Anz AW, Andrews JR, et al. · American Journal of Sports Medicine · 2022 · 50:618-629 A prospective randomized trial from the Andrews research group comparing BMAC and PRP head to head in knee osteoarthritis: equivalent outcomes at two years. Cell source selection is a clinical decision, which is why Dynamic Stem Cell+ is physician-selected per patient.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Efficacy and safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the acute treatment of major depression: a multisite randomized controlled trial Randomized Trial
O’Reardon JP, et al. · Biological Psychiatry 2007 · 62:1208-1216 The multisite sham-controlled trial behind TMS’s original FDA clearance pathway in depression: active TMS outperformed sham on standard depression measures.
Daily left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for major depressive disorder: a sham-controlled randomized trial Randomized Trial
George MS, et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry · 2010 · 67:507-516 An NIH-funded sham-controlled trial confirming significantly higher remission rates with active TMS in medication-resistant depression.
Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018) Guideline
Lefaucheur JP, et al. · Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020 · 131:474-528 The international expert guideline assigning rTMS its evidence grades by indication, including Level A evidence in depression. EXOMIND is an FDA-cleared, drug-free TMS device; the guideline literature is the context it sits in.
Pelvic Floor & HIFEM
Safety and efficacy of a non-invasive high-intensity focused electromagnetic field (HIFEM) device for treatment of urinary incontinence Prospective / Clinical Study
Samuels JB, et al. · Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 2019 · 51:760-766 A clinical study of the HIFEM technology used in EMSELLA, reporting improvement in urinary incontinence and quality of life.
Electromagnetic stimulation for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review Systematic Review
Sun J, et al. · International Urogynecology Journal · 2023 · 34:327-339 A systematic review of electromagnetic stimulation for stress urinary incontinence, summarizing the trial evidence across devices and protocols.
Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women Systematic Review
Dumoulin C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · CD005654 The Cochrane review establishing that strengthening the pelvic floor works. It is the evidence base for the whole category: strengthening the pelvic floor is what the technology in Dynamic Core+ automates and intensifies.
How to read this library
Strongest evidence: focused ESWT in tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis, TMS in depression, pelvic floor strengthening for incontinence, and PRP in knee osteoarthritis and tennis elbow at adequate dose. Promising and developing: EMTT (mechanism established, clinical trials growing) and cell therapy comparisons (BMAC versus MFAT selection remains a clinical judgment). A page that grades everything “excellent” is marketing. This one is not.
From the clinic: five featured clinical articles, one per protocol
Written by Dr. Garg. One per protocol, led by our most-read, these are the pages readers find when they ask the hard questions.
Shockwave
Shockwave Didn’t Work for You? Focused vs Radial
The most-read article on the site. Why “shockwave” that fails is usually radial pressure wave, not true focused ESWT, and what the ISMST/ASMST classification actually says.
PRP
Why PRP Fails: Dose, Aim, and Rehab
The three variables that separate PRP that works from PRP that does not: platelet dose, image-guided placement, and the rehab that follows.
Stem Cell
BMAC vs MFAT: The Cell Evidence Favors Fat. The Selection Is Still Clinical.
What the head-to-head literature says about bone marrow versus adipose cell sources, and why the choice is still a per-patient clinical decision.
EXOMIND
Does EXOMIND Really Work? An Honest Look
The TMS evidence base behind EXOMIND, what FDA clearance does and does not mean, and who is a realistic candidate.
EMSELLA
EMSELLA Beyond Pelvic Floor: What It Also Helps
What the HIFEM literature supports beyond incontinence, and why the clinic never administers EMSELLA alone.
Case reports: in preparation, and labeled that way
The clinic tracks outcomes on every protocol. In our combined protocols, over 90% of our patients self-report a 75% or greater improvement, all without surgery. Formal case reports, structured and de-identified writeups of individual courses of care, are being prepared from that clinical experience.
This section will list each case report as it is completed, with its status stated plainly. We would rather show an honest “in preparation” than an invented result. Until then, the closest public record of how the clinic reasons through real presentations is the podcast below, where Dr. Garg walks through conditions case by case.
The Library
The standard for this section
Nothing appears here unless it is a real, documented course of care, de-identified, written up, and approved by Dr. Garg. No composite patients. No implied guarantees. Individual results vary, and case reports describe individual patients, not averages.
Who reads the evidence: the credentials behind the library
Every study in this library was selected by the physician who performs the procedures. Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ, “The Regen Doc,” at Dynamic Athlete:
Board Certification
Double board-certified: Sports Medicine and Internal Medicine
Training
Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital; fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute / Andrews Sports Medicine
Shockwave Certification
ISMST-certified: Instructional Certification Course, ISMST World Congress 2026, Madrid; member, American Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ASMST)
Founder & Educator
Founder and Medical Director, American Shockwave Training Institute (ASTI); teaching faculty, RMTI; adjunct teaching faculty, Rocky Vista University
Team Physician
USA Hockey and U.S. Soccer
Public Education
Host of The Regen Doc Podcast: 17 episodes on the site walking through real conditions, from frozen shoulder to rotator cuff tears
The training half: we teach what we practice
Through the American Shockwave Training Institute, Dr. Garg trains clinicians and physicians in focused shockwave therapy on Storz Medical systems, aligned with ISMST and ASMST standards. Through The Regen Doc Podcast, he does the same for patients: seventeen episodes that walk through the conditions this clinic treats, including frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, rotator cuff tears, and why PRP sometimes fails.
Verify any clinic, including ours
- Which published studies support this treatment for my condition, and can you name the journal?
- Is your shockwave device focused electromagnetic ESWT or a radial pressure wave device, and who trained you on it?
- For PRP: what platelet dose do you deliver, and is placement image-guided?
Frequently asked questions
What is the DART Lab?
The DART Lab is the Dynamic Athlete Research and Training Lab, the research and training program of Dynamic Athlete in Boulder, Colorado. It does four things: it curates the peer-reviewed evidence behind the clinic’s five protocols (Dynamic PRP+, Dynamic Stem Cell+, Dynamic Shockwave+, Dynamic Mind+, Dynamic Core+), it publishes the clinic’s clinical articles, it prepares case reports from the practice, and it houses the teaching work of Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ, who trains other clinicians in focused shockwave therapy as founder of the American Shockwave Training Institute. Every study listed on this page is a real, citable publication in a named journal, selected and read by the physician who performs the procedures.
Does Dynamic Athlete publish its own research?
Not yet, and this page does not pretend otherwise. The evidence library here is a physician-curated selection of peer-reviewed studies published by independent researchers in journals such as The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the American Journal of Sports Medicine, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. What is ours: the five Dynamic protocols built on that literature, the clinical articles we write, the case reports we are preparing for publication, and the training Dr. Garg delivers to other clinicians through the American Shockwave Training Institute. As formal case reports are completed, they will be listed on this page with their publication status.
Why does a treatment clinic run a research and training lab?
Because the evidence in regenerative medicine is uneven, and patients deserve to know which parts are strong and which are still developing. Reading the literature is how the clinic decides what to offer and how to do it: the PRP dose research is why Dynamic PRP+ uses high-dose, multi-spin preparation; the focused versus radial shockwave literature is why Dynamic Shockwave+ uses focused electromagnetic ESWT on Storz equipment. The training half exists because Dr. Garg teaches these methods to other clinicians through the American Shockwave Training Institute and as teaching faculty at RMTI and adjunct teaching faculty at Rocky Vista University. A clinic that teaches a method has to hold itself to the standard it teaches.
What evidence supports focused shockwave therapy?
Focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy has some of the strongest evidence in non-surgical orthopedics. A 2015 systematic review in the British Medical Bulletin of randomized controlled trials listed in the PEDro database concluded ESWT is effective and safe across a range of orthopedic conditions. A randomized, controlled multicenter trial in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2015) found focused ESWT clinically effective for chronic plantar fasciitis. EMTT, the electromagnetic technology paired with shockwave in Dynamic Shockwave+, is newer: a 2024 study in Biomedicines describes its biological mechanism in bone healing, and its clinical literature is still growing. The full citations are listed in the evidence library on this page.
Where are the case reports?
In preparation. The clinic tracks outcomes on every protocol, and in our combined protocols, over 90% of our patients self-report a 75% or greater improvement, all without surgery. Formal case reports, which are structured, de-identified writeups of individual courses of care, are being prepared from that clinical experience and will be listed in this section as each is completed, with its status stated plainly. Until then, the closest public record of how the clinic reasons through real presentations is The Regen Doc Podcast, where Dr. Garg walks through conditions such as frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, and rotator cuff tears case by case.
Who reviews the evidence in the DART Lab?
Dr. Aneesh Garg, DO, CAQ. He is double board-certified in Sports Medicine and Internal Medicine, trained at Yale-New Haven Hospital with fellowship training at the American Sports Medicine Institute / Andrews Sports Medicine, ISMST-certified in shockwave medicine (Instructional Certification Course, ISMST World Congress 2026, Madrid), a member of the American Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment, founder of the American Shockwave Training Institute, teaching faculty at RMTI and adjunct teaching faculty at Rocky Vista University, and team physician for USA Hockey and U.S. Soccer. Every procedure the evidence library covers is performed at the clinic by him.