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Article: Electrical stimulation fails to speed stress fracture healing.(Sports Medicine)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- January 15, 2008
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Capacitively coupled electrical field stimulation did not significantly shorten the healing time when it was used to treat tibial stress fractures, according to the results of a randomized trial.
Tibial stress fractures have become an increasingly common problem, especially among athletes and military recruits. Few effective management techniques exist to treat stress fractures, but electrical stimulation has been shown to enhance healing of regular fractures, Belinda R. Beck, Ph.D., of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, and her colleagues wrote.
The investigators conducted a randomized trial that yielded complete results for 19 men and 24 ...