Research : Not To Plaster Bone Injuries

A new study demonstrates that mechanical forces effect the remodeling of blood vessels during wound healing period. It seems to challenge the way of treatment doctors have been using for years.

As blood vessels are required for regeneration of many tissues.  Mechanical Pressure applied to the fractured area doesn't allow blood vessel regeneration.

“Our finding that mechanical stresses caused by movement can disrupt the initial formation and growth of new blood vessels supports the advice doctors have been giving their patients for years to limit activity early in the healing process,” says Robert Guldberg, professor of mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).

“However, our findings also suggest applying mechanical stresses to the wound later on can significantly improve healing through a process called adaptive remodeling.”

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