Stimulation of Fracture Healing with Ultrasound

Every bone fracture must be held rigid and, because of the long healing process, infringes on the individual''s life-style. Treatment with ultrasound, however, may reduce the healing time 30-50% since the piezoelectric effect of ultrasound acts as a callus stimulator. This book documents more than twenty years of clinical experience with ultrasound treatment of fractures. The authors give statisti...