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Monday, September 14, 2009

Ultrasound and fracture healing

I was just looking into the evidence for ultrasound and fracture healing as I was debating whether or not to buy an Exogen bone healing ultrasound machine or known as a Sonic Accelerated Fracture Healing System (SAFHS).
The effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy on time to fracture healing: a meta-analysis,
Busse, Bhandari, Kulkarni, Tunks, 2002.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=993...
The pooled results showed that time to fracture healing was significantly shorter in the groups receiving low-intensity ultrasound therapy than in the control groups.
Low intensity ultrasound means levels of 30 mWcm2

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound: Fracture healing
http://www.ijoonline.com/temp/IndianJOrthop432132-6330829...

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