title: Experimental study on the electrical impedance of bone and the effect of direct current on the healing of fractures.
abstract: An experimental study of the electrical impedance of cortical bone and medullary cavity and on the effect of a D.C. or a periodically interrupted D.C. on the healing of fractures in rabbits, suggests that the bone behaves as a capacitance of about 20 muF in parallel with a high D.C. resistance. Also a 10 muA periodically interrupted D.C. current stimulates osteogenesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000502:physiology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy*; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011817:Rabbits; D014945:Wound Healing