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Science 3 May 1974:
Vol. 184. no. 4136, pp. 575 - 577
DOI: 10.1126/science.184.4136.575
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Augmentation of Bone Repair by Inductively Coupled Electromagnetic Fields

C. Andrew 1, L. Bassett 1, Robert J. Pawluk 1, and Arthur A. Pilla 1

1 Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York

Pulsing electromagnetic fields of low frequency and strength have been inductively coupled across skin, directly to bone, to enhance the repair of canine osteotomies. The induced voltage field in bone appears to increase the organization and strength of the repair process at 28 days after "fracture."


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