Ion resonance electromagnetic field stimulation of fracture healing in rabbits with a fibular ostectomy.
Rabbits with a fibular ostectomy were exposed for 28 days to magnetic fields that satisfied the ion resonance conditions for calcium or magnesium. The rabbits were exposed to whole body treatment for 1/2 hour, 3 hours, or 24 hours per day. The fibulae from the experimental and control animals were removed surgically and were subjected to force-deflection testing to establish the stiffness of the healed fracture. The fibulae from the rabbits exposed to the ion resonance magnetic fields were found to be 55-299% (p < 0.01) more robust than the fibulae from the control animals.
Deibert
M C
MC
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05405.
Mcleod
B R
BR
Smith
S D
SD
Liboff
A R
AR
D000818:Animals; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D017102:Fracture Healing; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography