Irradiated plasma gives nonunion fractures a healing boost, which improves recovery time. Researchers treated a group of rats with a specific type of plasma called non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP).
No one wants to break any bones, but luckily, bones have an amazing ability to heal, especially in children. The human body renews itself thanks to stem cells combined with the body’s natural healing mechanisms.
Regenerative medicine, as a practice, taps into that technology or the systems in the whole body that operate together to heal injury. Studies show that plasma, or the yellow matter in the blood, contains proteins called “growth factors” that enhance repair and even the growth of hair. And now, research from Osaka Metropolitan University shows that non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma can help bones heal even faster. This type of irradiated plasma gives nonunion fractures a boost, which stands to impact recovery times for the better for this type of injury.
In the study, one group of rats had their legs broken with normal fracturing. The other group, however, had nonunion fractures which refers to breaks or cracks that the body can’t heal. This type of fracturing can cause other health problems such as psychological distress. If one has a disease such as diabetes, if they break a bone, they are at a higher risk of nonunion fracturing.
Professor Toyoda said that “collaboration between the medical and engineering fields creates new medical technologies that have never before existed.” This treatment method, he expects, will lead to more reliable bone fusion and shorter recovery times. That might stand to benefit sports medicine significantly. 6.3 million fractures occur each year in US athletes alone. Those are a lot of bones to heal.
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