Method for the promotion of growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue and the prevention of osteopenia by mechanical loading of the bone tissue
AssigneeThe Research Foundation of State University of New York
InventorsKenneth J. McLeod, Clinton T. Rubin
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Abstract
A method for preventing osteopenia, promoting bone tissue growth, ingrowth, and healing of bone tissue includes the step of applying a mechanical load to the bone tissue at a relatively low level on the order of between about 50 and about 500 microstrain, peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency in the range of about 10 and about 50 hertz. Mechanical loading at such strain levels and such frequencies has been found to prevent bone loss and enhance new bone formation.
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A method for preventing osteopenia, as well as for promoting growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue, which comprises the step of:
- subjecting the bone tissue to a mechanical load sufficient to cause a strain in the bone tissue at a relatively low level of between about 10 and about 1000 microstrain, peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency of between about 10 and about 100 hertz.
A method for preventing osteopenia, as well as for promoting bone tissue growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue, which comprises the step of:
- subjecting the bone tissue to a mechanical load sufficient to cause strain in the bone tissue at a relatively low level of between about 50 and about 500 microstrain, peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency of between about 10 and about 50 hertz.
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