Comments on: Scottish Doctors Are Applying Ultrasound to Broken Bones. Does That Really Help? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Dave C. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/#comment-29886 Dave C. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:27:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=32547#comment-29886 I have my own ultrasound device. I use it on my elbow I broke 17 years ago. It keeps the arthritis and inflammation away and increases mobility. I love it. I don't know exactly what it is doing to my joint, but it works. I have my own ultrasound device. I use it on my elbow I broke 17 years ago. It keeps the arthritis and inflammation away and increases mobility. I love it. I don’t know exactly what it is doing to my joint, but it works.

]]> By: Sabrina Sniffen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/#comment-29885 Sabrina Sniffen Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:10:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=32547#comment-29885 What does one think the overall effects of vibration on the human body are? Such as singing and huming. We are after all comprised mostly of water? Food for thought. What does one think the overall effects of vibration on the human body are? Such as singing and huming. We are after all comprised mostly of water? Food for thought.

]]> By: N Sarbutts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/#comment-29884 N Sarbutts Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:23:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=32547#comment-29884 This article suggests that there is little indpendent clinical evidence to support the use of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) in the treatment of fractures. In reality the reverse is true. NICE (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence), the independent body which provides guidance on treatments and devices in use in the UK National Health Service reviewed 19 seperate clinical studies before issuing guidance in December 2010 supporting the use of LIPUS in the treatment of both fresh fractures and non-union fractures. The guidance can be viewed at http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG374/PublicInfo/doc/English (Disclosure: I am an independent consultant working for Smith & Nephew, manufacturers of the Exogen device featured in the BBC report above.) This article suggests that there is little indpendent clinical evidence to support the use of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) in the treatment of fractures. In reality the reverse is true.

NICE (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence), the independent body which provides guidance on treatments and devices in use in the UK National Health Service reviewed 19 seperate clinical studies before issuing guidance in December 2010 supporting the use of LIPUS in the treatment of both fresh fractures and non-union fractures.

The guidance can be viewed at http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG374/PublicInfo/doc/English

(Disclosure: I am an independent consultant working for Smith & Nephew, manufacturers of the Exogen device featured in the BBC report above.)

]]> By: dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/#comment-29883 dave Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:08:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=32547#comment-29883 so what are we doing to babies during an ultrasound? affecting their bone growth somehow? so what are we doing to babies during an ultrasound? affecting their bone growth somehow?

]]> By: mk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/#comment-29882 mk Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:09:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=32547#comment-29882 I read a long time ago that the purring of cats helps strengthen their bones. Something important for a creature that is at rest as much as they are. Could this be a similar idea? I read a long time ago that the purring of cats helps strengthen their bones. Something important for a creature that is at rest as much as they are. Could this be a similar idea?

]]> By: Jay Fox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/10/14/scottish-doctors-are-applying-ultrasound-to-broken-bones-does-that-really-help/#comment-29881 Jay Fox Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:16:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=32547#comment-29881 Didn't they find, some years ago, that vibration therapy might help increase bone mass? There may well be something to this. The ultrasound waves set up some kind of vibration that somehow encourages bone (re)growth. Some grad student should study this and figure out exactly which frequencies promote the best outcome. Didn’t they find, some years ago, that vibration therapy might help increase bone mass? There may well be something to this. The ultrasound waves set up some kind of vibration that somehow encourages bone (re)growth. Some grad student should study this and figure out exactly which frequencies promote the best outcome.

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