Do Capacity Coupled Electric Fields Accelerate Tibial Stress Fracture Healing?
Abstract
A convenience sample based on availability of tibial stress fracture cases a% local Sports Medicine Clinics will be selected over 4 years until forty subjects (20 male, 20 female) have been treated. The study is designed to be able to determine if electric field stimulation accelerates the healing of tibial stress fracture and whether there are gender effects. Only posteromedial mid to distal third and proximal medical tibial condylar stress fractures will be investigated. Four imaging approaches will be used at diagnosis (radiographs, bone scan, MRI and CT). All subjects will be identically treated in a double blind fashion using active or passive electric field stimulator devices (that apply a sinusoidal wave of 3-6 V, 60 KHz, 5-10 mA), to be worn 15-20 hours per day, and other standardized rehabilitation treatments% until healed but not longer than 6 months. Subjects will be considered healed when hopping on the affected limb is no longer painful. Only MRI will be used for follow-up studies. A grading system will be developed for each of the diagnostic methods and compared to the ability of the MRI grading system to predict time to recovery.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA429054
Entities
People
- Andrew Hoffman
- Belina Beck
- Gabriella Bergman
- Gordon Matheson
Organizations
- Stanford University