Sound Machine Heals Broken Bones

 

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                      From the April 23, 1991 GLOBE tabloid.

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                         Sound Machine Heals Broken Bones

       Broken bones heal with lightning speed thanks to a revolutionary new

       device that bombards  the  body with low-intensity sound waves.  Arm

       and leg casts can be taken off up  to  a month earlier than usual by

       patients who use the amazing ultrasound module for  20 minutes a day

       at home.

       "X-rays definitely show   a  significant  acceleration  of  fracture

       healing when ultrasound is used,"  says  Dr.  Thomas Kristiansen, an

       associate professor of  orthopedics  at  the University  of  Vermont

       College of Medicine in Burlington.

       The module is attached by a cord to a lunchbox-size transformer that

       plugs into a  wall socket.  The round, 1 & 1/2 inch diameter head is

       inserted into an opening in the cast  and  placed  against  the skin

       above the fracture.

       The experimental treatment is still under study by the Food and Drug

       Adminstration.  If it's   ultimately  approved,  the   1.7   million

       Americans who suffer  arm and leg fractures every year could benefit

       in other ways, too, researchers say.

       "It would do  a lot more than just  rid  them  of  cumbersome  casts

       sooner," says Dr.  James  Heckman,  chairman  of the  Department  of

       Orthopedics at the  University of Texas Health Science Center in San

       Antonio.  "Their medical expenses would also be less, and they could

       return to work sooner."

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