Electrical Enhancement of Healing in Combat Injuries to Hard and Soft Tissues.

Abstract

Over the past decade a large body of experimental evidence has accumulated showing the positive influence of electric currents on bone metabolism. It is evident that modeling, remodeling and repair are regulated in part, through bone's piezoelectric properties as mechanical transducers in a closed loop system. In situations where enhancement of normal function of the transducer system is desirable, viz during bone repair, it would be advantageous to use an exogenous source of electric current. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA084867

Entities

People

  • Bhim S. Savara
  • Murray H. Bartley
  • R. Wayne Fields
  • Richard B. Tacke

Organizations

  • Oregon Health & Science University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alternating Current
  • Bone And Bones
  • Bone Diseases
  • Cells
  • Combat Injuries
  • Current Density
  • Electric Current
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Osteogenesis
  • Prostheses And Implants
  • Skull
  • Soft Tissues
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surgery
  • Voltage
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.