Enhancement of bone healing by an exogenous magnetic field and the magnetic vaccine.
We have demonstrated in rabbits that in the absence of a terrestial magnetic field, mammalian bone suffers from calcium depletion. This points to the possibility that the earth's field might be used as a 'magnetic vaccine' for the treatment of consolidation delays in bone healing. The effects, on bone calcification, of magnetic fields produced by electronically generated signals of sine and square waveform, over a range of frequencies from 0-250 kHz, were studied with the aid of a magnetic field generated within a coil containing the bone under test. Suggestions are made for an apparatus suitable for home use, and another which could be introduced into a hospital clinic.
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy; D008280:Magnetics; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D011817:Rabbits; D014945:Wound Healing
D002118:Calcium