[Electrical stimulation in the treatment of osteoporosis in sciatic denervated rat tibia]

Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1992 Aug;30(8):458-60, 508.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Osteoporosis in the sciatic-denervated rat tibia was reversed with a capacitively coupled electrical field. In the reversal of a previously established osteoporosis, a statistically significant enhancement of wet weight, dry weight, ashed weight, ultimate strength, cortical area, cortical thickness and a concomitant decrease in cortical porosity occurred in the stimulated, denervated tibiae of the experimental animals compared with the nonstimulated, denervated tibiae of the control animals. A 60 Hz symmetrical sinewave signal was effective in reversing osteoporosis at 10 V peak to peak. Reversal of a well-established osteoporosis in laboratory animals has not been reported previously.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Denervation
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Male
  • Osteoporosis / etiology
  • Osteoporosis / therapy*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sciatic Nerve / physiology
  • Tibia / innervation*