Potential regenerative rehabilitation technology: implications of mechanical stimuli to tissue health
| Autor: | Jason Wu, Colleen L. McHenry, Richard K. Shields |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Spinal cord injury Vibration Regenerative medicine Mechanical load General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Technical Note medicine Humans Regeneration Transmissibility (structural dynamics) Medicine(all) Rehabilitation Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) business.industry Regeneration (biology) Compression General Medicine Compression (physics) medicine.disease 3. Good health Physical therapy Stress Mechanical medicine.symptom Mechanical oscillation business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Biomedical engineering Muscle contraction |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1756-0500-7-334 |
| Popis: | Background Mechanical loads induced through muscle contraction, vibration, or compressive forces are thought to modulate tissue plasticity. With the emergence of regenerative medicine, there is a need to understand the optimal mechanical environment (vibration, load, or muscle force) that promotes cellular health. To our knowledge no mechanical system has been proposed to deliver these isolated mechanical stimuli in human tissue. We present the design, performance, and utilization of a new technology that may be used to study localized mechanical stimuli on human tissues. A servo-controlled vibration and limb loading system were developed and integrated into a single instrument to deliver vibration, compression, or muscle contractile loads to a single limb (tibia) in humans. The accuracy, repeatability, transmissibility, and safety of the mechanical delivery system were evaluated on eight individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Findings The limb loading system was linear, repeatable, and accurate to less than 5, 1, and 1 percent of full scale, respectively, and transmissibility was excellent. The between session tests on individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) showed high intra-class correlations (>0.9). Conclusions All tests supported that therapeutic loads can be delivered to a lower limb (tibia) in a safe, accurate, and measureable manner. Future collaborations between engineers and cellular physiologists will be important as research programs strive to determine the optimal mechanical environment for developing cells and tissues in humans. |
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