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  • Title: Electrical stimulation of human fracture healing by means of a slow pulsating, asymmetrical direct current.
    Author: Jorgensen TE.
    Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1977 May; (124):124-7. PubMed ID: 304401.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-eight tibial fractures were treated with external fixation by means of a Hoffmann apparatus. Through two electrode-screws in the Hoffmann apparatus a slowly pulsating, asymmetrical direct current was applied to the fracture site in each patient. The stimulated patients experienced a 30 per cent acceleration in healing as determined by mechanically stressing the Hoffmann apparatus used for immobilization of the fracture.
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