Electrical stimulation of human fracture healing by means of a slow pulsating, asymmetrical direct current.
Twenty-eight tibial fractures were treated with external fixation by means of a Hoffmann apparatus. Through two electrode-screws in the Hoffmann apparatus a slowly pulsating, asymmetrical direct current was applied to the fracture site in each patient. The stimulated patients experienced a 30 per cent acceleration in healing as determined by mechanically stressing the Hoffmann apparatus used for immobilization of the fracture.
D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing