Gill P J, Kernohan G, Mawhinney I N, Mollan R A, McIlhagger R
Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 1989;203(1):61-3. doi: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1989_203_009_01.
This paper examines the serial use of ultrasonic velocity measurement to monitor fracture healing. New Zealand White rabbit tibiae were fractured using a constant-energy technique and the ultrasonic velocity along the bone measured in animals sacrificed at 16 day intervals up to 96 days from fracture. In parallel with these measurements the mechanical performance of the healed tibiae were determined using a three-point bending test. Regression analysis failed to show a sufficiently good correlation between ultrasonic velocity measurements and the bending properties of healing fractures for the method to be of use clinically.
本文研究了连续使用超声速度测量来监测骨折愈合的情况。采用恒定能量技术使新西兰白兔的胫骨骨折，并在骨折后长达96天的时间里，每隔16天对处死动物的沿骨超声速度进行测量。与这些测量同时进行的是，使用三点弯曲试验测定愈合胫骨的力学性能。回归分析未能显示出超声速度测量与愈合骨折的弯曲特性之间有足够好的相关性，因此该方法无法用于临床。
