Bioelectrical potential variations during bone fracture healing using a partial rabbit tibial fracture model

Author

Johnson, Mark A. ; Firoozbakhsh, Kiekhosrow ; Moneim, Moheb ; Lehman, Tom ; Theefe, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

13

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

301

Lastpage

306

Abstract

Preliminary bioelectrical potential distribution measurements of healing rabbit tibia partial mid-diaphysis osteotomies during the fracture healing process are reported. Bioelectrical potentials are shown to become negative post surgery with the region near the fracture having the greatest negative changes. Bioelectric potentials recovery towards prefracture levels is slower when using pulsed electromagnetic field stimulation which may be an indicator of the increased cellular metabolic activity associated with acceleration of the healing process.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; bone; electromagnetic fields; physiological models; surgery; bioelectrical potential distribution; bone fracture healing; cellular metabolic activity; partial rabbit tibial fracture model; partial tibial osteotomy; pulsed electromagnetic field stimulation; surgery; Acceleration; Animals; Bioelectric phenomena; Bones; EMP radiation effects; Electric potential; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Humans; Rabbits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation Congress, 2002 Proceedings of the 5th Biannual World

Print_ISBN

1-889335-18-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAC.2002.1049560

Filename

1049560