Repairing large bone fractures with low frequency electromagnetic fields

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Lin, Hsin Yi ^a   Lu, Ko Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone tissue engineering; Chitosan scaffold; Low frequency pulse electromagnetic field; Osteoblast cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHITOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CALCIFICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRACTURE; HYDROPHILICITY; LARGE BONE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITOSAN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOBLASTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 73849090856     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20964     Document Type: Article

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