I totally agree with the comments from Nick - but at
what age should one start electrotherapy if indicated
... Grays anatomy states the ages at each growth plate
ossifies - e.g. the SIJ may only fully ossify at
25years old! Personally I still go on the safety side,
but without further research I don't suppose we'll
have solid guidelines.
Wendy Johnson
--- nick bent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Andy,
>
> I did a bit of a mini-literature search on this
> myself
> recently and there is not much out there. The
> trouble
> is that it would probably be unethical to expose
> kid's
> growth plates to electrotherapy in the long-term and
> then see what happens.
> However,
>
> Witlink et al (1995) exposed developing metatarsal
> rudiments of rats to ultrasound in vitro. After 4
> days
> of pulsed rather than continuous ultrasound,
> longitudinal growth was significantly increased.
>
> Doyle and Smart (1963) demonstrated that repeated
> exposure of the growing epiphysis of the femur of
> rats
> to Shortwave diathermy increased the rate of growth
> compared to the untreated legs.
>
> Doyle and Smart (1963) Stimulation of bone growth
> by
> shortwave diathermy. Journal of Bone and Joint
> Surgery. Vol. 45, No. A1, p15-23.
>
> Witlink et al (1995) Effect of therapeutic
> ultrasound
> on endochondral ossification. Ultrasound Med Biol.
> Vol. 21, No. 1, p121-7.
>
> Personally, I think that the fact that there is some
> evidence to suggest alteration of bony growth with
> electrotherapy, weighed against the possible
> benefits
> of administering such treatments in youngsters who
> should not need to be rushed back to action, means
> that it is sensible to go on the side of safety.
>
>
> Nick
>
>
> --- Andy Thomas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Is anybody aware of any research articles related
> to
> > the specific use of any
> > electrotherapy modality on Children particularly
> > related to the growth
> > plate.
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> >
> > Andy Thomas
> >
> >
> >
>
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