Electrical Stimulation: Its Role in Growth, Repair, and Remodeling of the Musculoskeletal System.Electrical Stimulation: Its Role in Growth, Repair, and Remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling of the Musculoskeletal System Noun 1. musculoskeletal system - the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form This book is not what it appears to be. It is not, as the title indicates, a book about electrical stimulation for tissue repair. Instead it describes the biophysical rationale and research substantiation for electrically induced osteogenesis osteogenesis /os·teo·gen·e·sis/ (os?te-o-jen´e-sis) the formation of bone; the development of the bones.osteogenet´ic osteogenesis imperfec´ta . The author devotes a mere six pages to soft tissue stimulation, and his bibliography in this area is woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: inadequate. This book is, as the author states "a personal overview and evaluation of the field today," rather than a "neutral comprehensive review." This is not a topic that lends itself well to personal interpretation. The author does not do justice to a rapidly expanding literature and adds little to either a previous text he co-edited (Electrical Properties of Bone and Cartilage: Experimental Effects and Clinical Applications) or to the January 1984 Orthopedic Clinics of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , edited by Brighton, to which he contributed. The author's personal interpretation extends even to the glossary of "electrical" terms (author's quotation marks), hardly the place to exercise editorial license. This section adds nothing to the book and has some definitions so bizarre as to be laughable. For example, "stimulation, electrical" is defined as "a statistically significant increase in the rate or amount of growth, repair or remodeling caused by the application of an exogenous electrical and or magnetic field." "Voltage" is defined as the "difference in electrical potential between two points in a circuit or electric field." The author states that it was his wish that this book be "accessible to all." An appropriate epitaph epitaph, strictly, an inscription on a tomb; by extension, a statement, usually in verse, commemorating the dead. The earliest such inscriptions are those found on Egyptian sarcophagi. for the book may prove to be that it was "accessible to all, but of interest to few." It certainly is of questionable utility for physical therapists. The reader should stick to Brighton (1984) and current primary sources for information concerning electrically induced osteogenesis. |
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