Why do electromagnetic pulses enhance bone growth?

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Bowen, Samuel P ^a   Mancini, Jay D ^b   Fessatidis, Vassilios ^c   Grabiner, Mark ^d  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Physical Sciences Kingsborough College   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone growth; Current pulses; Helmholtz coils; Magnetic fields; Quantum mechanics; Vector potential

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM THEORY; SUBSTRATES;

BONE GROWTH; CURRENT PULSES; HELMHOLTZ COILS; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

BONE;

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHONDROCYTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 38349121401     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9408-5     Document Type: Article

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