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When we try to replace a joint or help heal a fractured bone, it is logical that bone repairs should be made according to the best repair course that the tissues follow. Therefore, if they are healed faster when a compressive force or strain is exerted, then we should provide compression through an appropriate implant design.(1) Likewise, if compression is detrimental to healing of the wound, the opposite approach should be taken. Unfortunately, the effects of compressive or tensile forces on the repair of long bones are not fully understood. Worse yet, experimental results provide a completely opposite conclusion.
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Park, J.B. (1984). Hard Tissue Replacement Implants. In: Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2769-1_12
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