Ultrasound device improves poor bone healing

Friday, October 8, 2010 - 03:32 in Health & Medicine

Ultrasound can speed the healing of fractures. A randomized controlled trial has found that the use of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in patients with tibial fractures which showed inadequate progress toward healing resulted in 34 percent greater bone mineral density in the fracture area after 16 weeks than use of a sham device.

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