Effects of alternating current electrical stimulation on lengthening callus

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-302

  Kawamoto, Kouei ^a   Kim, Wook Cheol ^a   Tsuchida, Yuichi ^a   Tsuji, Yoshiro ^a   Fujioka, Mikihiro ^a   Horii, Motoyuki ^a   Mikami, Yasuo ^a   Tokunaga, Daisaku ^a   Kubo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating current; Callotasis; Electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; LONG BONE; MALE; MICROMELIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244432174     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200507000-00013     Document Type: Article

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