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New Tissue Engineering Research from Hospital for Special Surgery Described

Published in Blood Weekly, December 29th, 2011

2011 DEC 29 -- Data detailed in "Cancellous bone osseointegration is enhanced by in vivo loading" have been presented. According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Tissue Engineering Part C, Methods, "Biophysical stimuli may be an effective therapy to counteract age-related changes in bone structure that affect the primary stability of implants used in joint replacement or fracture fixation. The influence of controlled mechanical loading on osseointegration was investigated using an in vivo device implanted in the distal lateral femur of 12 male rabbits."

"Compressive loads (1 MPa, 1 Hz, 50 cycles/day, 4 weeks) were applied to...

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