Pulsed electromagnetic fields and low intensity pulsed ultrasound in bone tissue

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Massari, Leo ^a   Caruso, Gaetano ^a   Sollazzo, Vincenzo ^a   Setti, Stefania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b IGEA SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brophysical stimulation; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound; Osteogenesis; Pulsed electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TISSUE; CALLUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LOW INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; MAGNETOTHERAPY; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76249094341     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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