Introduction to Electrotherapy
There exists a
very advanced method that bone growth stimulators use to heal bone and which
makes it very beneficial to a number of audiences involved with this product. Pulsed
electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) are low energy, time-varying magnetic fields
that can provide therapeutic effects (Bassett, 1989). The approach with this
new technology in recent times has been aimed to help heal bones and provide an
alternative method to performing surgery. These waves are aimed at the bones
injury spot and provide an increased healing response that body gives off. The
approach with this new technology in recent times has also been aimed to help
heal bones and provide an alternative method to performing surgery.
Working at a Cellular Level
More than a
quarter-million patients over the past twenty years who have suffered from
nonunion fractures have been treated successfully with PEMF technology, and
have benefitted from this non-surgical method without the risks, high costs,
and irritation of the area that persists with operation. (Bassett, 1993)
Bassett’s research also shows that the electromagnetic technology works at a
biochemical basis at the bone, improving cell growth and restoration. This
method wasn’t fully understood until the 1950’s, when scientists figured out
that bones, when broken and misplaced, form an electrical field, which leads
the body into its healing process (Orthofix, 2010).
Conclusion
In conclusion,
we have seen that this type of technology is what drives the bone growth
stimulators. All different types of stimulators, according to where on the body
the injury is, uses electromagnetic fields to facilitate in the biochemical
process of cell growth and healing at the site where the bone break occurred.
All in all, the human body’s healing process of a bone begins at the smallest
cellular levels, and the bone growth stimulators help this process with their
extraordinary methods.
Sources: Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering; Journal of Cell Biochemistry; Orthofix
Sources: Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering; Journal of Cell Biochemistry; Orthofix
