Bone Growth Stimulation

PEMF Bone Growth Stimulation

Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) bone growth stimulation is a safe, non-surgical treatment prescribed by a physician to promote healing after a cervical fusion.

Electrical currents have been used to heal bones since the mid-1800s. However, it wasn’t until the 1950s that scientists made the important discovery that when human bone is bent or broken, it generates an electrical field. This electrical field activates the body's own repair mechanism which, in turn, stimulates bone healing.

Orthofix PEMF bone growth stimulators generate a uniform, low-level, pulsed electromagnetic field similar to the electrical field generated by the body. The application of PEMF over the fusion site helps activate and augment the body’s natural healing process which may be impaired or absent in some patients with risk factors to bone fusion.

Learn more about how the Orthofix Cervical-Stim improved fusion success by 15% (a 22% improvement)¹ by reviewing Cervical-Stim clinical data.

References

1. Foley, K., M.D. et al., Randomized, Prospective, and Controlled Clinical Trial of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Stimulation for Cervical Fusion, The Spine Journal, Volume 8: 436-442, May/June 2008.