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Method for the promotion of growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue and the prevention of osteopenia by mechanical loading of the bone tissue

  • US 5,191,880 A
  • Filed: 04/13/1992
  • Issued: 03/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for preventing osteopenia, as well as for promoting growth, ingrowth and healing of bone tissue, which comprises the step of:

  • subjecting the bone tissue to a mechanical load sufficient to cause a strain in the bone tissue at a relatively low level of between about 10 and about 1000 microstrain, peak-to-peak, and at a relatively high frequency of between about 10 and about 100 hertz, said step being administered for a total of about 5 to about 60 minutes per day.

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