title: Idiopathic scoliosis, growth zones, magnetic therapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study has been performed to investigate the influence of pulsed magnetic field on the bone growth plates to get new grounds of magneto therapy in AIS treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Were used methods of "strong" and "weak" pulsed magnetic fields influence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Application of pulsed magnetic field causes an authentic inhibition of chondrocytes' active proliferation processes, decreases the index of labeled nuclei, indicating the suppression of DNA synthesis, takes place an increase in the unit weight of the more "mature" differentiated chondrocytes. The final result of these effects is the accelerated synostosis of bones' growth plates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regardless of the reasons that cause growth infringements, the operating organ in the chain is the body's growth plate. Therefore, the appliance of magnetic fields in AIS treatment can be considered as a perspective one concerning growth plates' functional activity local management. To our point of view, the potential of magneto therapy methods in child's orthopedic treatment is significantly higher compared with modern practice.
authors: Children's Rehabilitation Center of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Arsenev
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dudin
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Lednev
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Belova
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Mikhailov
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sokolov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000166:cytology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D055909:Magnetic Field Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011817:Rabbits; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy