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Bioelectric characteristics of unstressedin vivo bone

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Some electrical parameters such as biopotentials, impedance, charge, power availability, loss factor and corresponding Q values have been measured in unstressedin vivo bone in adult rabbits. Measurements were performed with stainless steel electrodes implanted in the bones (tibia and femur). By placing a variable resistance across any two electrodes, the power available from the source was also obtained. Intact bone was subjected to d.c. stimulation by passing a constant current between the extreme electrodes and the potential profile and the charge retention were measured all along the affected medium. It is hoped that these data obtained will establish some quantitative relationship between the bone electrical behaviour and the electret phenomena.

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Behari, J., Singh, S. Bioelectric characteristics of unstressedin vivo bone. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 19, 49–54 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443846

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