Research Development Committee

AAOS Research Symposia: Physical Regulation of Skeletal Repair

• Principal Investigators: Roy K. Aaron, MD and Mark E. Bolander, MD
• Dates: September 4-6, 2003
• Participants: Highly productive investigators in the field of biophysical stimulation
• Purpose of Workshop: Explore basic and clinical information on the regulation of skeletal repair by biologically active physical agents including mechanical strain, ultrasound, and electrical energy
• Overview of Topics:
  • How cells perceive their physical environment, how information about the environment is carried to cells in the form of signal content, how cells transduce this information and how physical stimuli alter gene expression
  • How repairing skeletal tissues organize physical information to augment the repair process
• A publication that synthesizes the findings of the workshop is available for purchase in the AAOS Store.