This study investigates the effects of a pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) (Diapulse) on experimentally divided and sutured common peroneal nerves in rats. Evidence is presented to show that PEMF accelerates recovery of use of the injured limb and enhances regeneration of damaged nerves.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
ABERCROMBIE, M, and ML JOHNSON (1942). The Outwandering Of Cells In Tissue Cultures Of Nerves Undergoing Wallerian Degeneration. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 19, 266-283.
2.
ABERCROMBIE, M, and ML JOHNSON (1946). Quantitative Histology of Wallerian Degeneration, 1. Nuclear Population In Rabbit Sciatic Nerve. Journal of Anatomy, 80, 37-50.
3.
ARMITAGE, P (1977). Statistical methods in medical research. Oxford/Edinburgh Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1971(1), 138-140.
4.
BENTALL, R, and A RAJI (1979). A New Pattern of Needle for Microsurgical Repair of Nerves. In The Hand, Vol. 11 (pp. 306-308)..
5.
BLACKWOOD, W, and W HOLMES (1954). Part 1. Histopathology Of Nerve Injury. Peripheral Nerve Injuries, 88-155. Medical Research Council Special Report Series. No. 282. (Parts 1–3).
6.
BRADBURY, S (1975). Application of the Quantimet Image Analysing Computer in biological studies. In (p. 17). Tokyo: 10th Int. Cong, Anat.
7.
BÜNGNER, O (1891). Ueber die Degenerations- und Regenerations- Vorgänge am Nerven nach Verletzungen Beiträge pathologische Anatomie, 10, 321-393.
8.
CAUSEY, G, and AA BARTON (1961). An electron microscopic examination of degenerating and regenerating peripheral nerve. In Proceedings of the Anatomical Society of Gt. Britain and Ireland, November, 1961 (pp. 75-77)..
9.
ERDMANN, WJ (1960). Peripheral blood flow measurements during application of pulsed high frequency currents. American Journal of Orthopedics, 2, 196-197.
10.
GAMBLE, HJ, and RD JHA (1958). Some Effects Of Temperature Upon The Rate And Progress of Wallerian Degeneration In Mammalain Nerve Fibres. Journal of Anatomy, 92, 171633-177634.
11.
GAMBLE, HJ, and S GOLDBY (1961). Mast cells in Peripheral Nerve Trunks. Nature, 189, 766-767.
12.
GUTMANN, E (1942). Factors Affecting Recovery Of Motor Function After Nerve Lesions. The Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, 5, 81-95.
13.
GUTMANN, E, L GUTTMANN, PB MEDAWAR, and JZ YOUNG (1942). The Rate Of Regeneration Of Nerve. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 19, 14-44.
14.
GUTMANN, E, and FK SANDERS (1943). Recovery Of Fibre Numbers And Diameters In The Regeneration Of Peripheral Nerves. The Journal of Physiology, 101, 489-518.
15.
HEDENIUS, P, E OEDBLAD, and MT WAHLSTRÖM (1966). Some Preliminary Investigations On The Therapeutic Effect Of Pulsed Short Waves In Intermittent Claudication. Current therapeutic Research, 8, 317-321.
16.
HONJIN, R, T NAKAMURA, and M IMURA (1959). Electron-microscopy of peripheral nerve fibres. III on the axoplasmic changes during Wallerian degeneration. Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica, 33, 131-156.
17.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1954). Peripheral nerve injuries. In . London: H.M.S.O. Special Report Series. Medical Research Council, No. 282.
18.
RAJI, ARM (1978). Effects of pulsed electromagnetic field energy (Diapulse) on the normal common peroneal nerve in rats. Journal o Anatomy, 127667. Dem.
19.
RAJI, ARM (1980). Effects of electromagnetic field energy (Diapulse) on regeneration of the common peroneal nerve in rats. In (pp. 49102176-107181). University of London. Ph.D. thesis.
20.
RAJI, ARM, and REM BOWDEN (1982). Effects of high peak pulsed electromagnetic fields on degeneration and regeneration of the common peroneal nerve in rats. The Lancet, 2, 444-445.
21.
RAJI, ARM, and REM BOWDEN (1983). Effects of High Peak Pulsed Electromagnetic Field energy (P.E.M.F. Diapulse) on the Degeneration and Regeneration of the Common Peroneal Nerve in Rats. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 65B, 478-492.
22.
THOMAS, PK (1964). The Deposition Of Collagen In Relation To Schwann Cell Basement Membrane During Peripheral Nerve Regenration. The Journal of Cell Biology, 23, 375-382.
23.
THOMAS, PK (1966). The cellular response to nerve injury. 1. The cellular outgrowth from the distal stump of transected nerve. Journal of Anatomy, 100, 287-303.
24.
VIAL, JD (1958). The Early Changes in the Axoplasm during Wallerian Degeneration. The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology, 4, 551-556.
25.
WILDERVANCK, A, KG WAKIM, JF HERRICK, and FH KRUSEN (1959). Certain Experimental Observations on a Pulsed Diathermy Machine. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 40, 45-55.
26.
WILSON, DH, and P JAGADEESH (1976). Experimental regeneration in peripheral nerves and the spinal cord in laboratory animals exposed to a pulsed electromagnetic field. Journal of International Medical Society of Paraplegia, 14, 12-20.
27.
YOUNG, JZ, W HOLMES, and FK SANDERS (1940). Nerve Regeneration. Importance of The Peripheral Stump And The Value Of Nerve Grafts. Lancet, 2, 128-130.
