Julius Wolff and the Law of Bone Remodelling

Chapters in this book

1. I-XII I
2. I. Historical Background
3. Julius Wolff and the Law of Bone Remodelling 1
4. A Noteworthy Meeting of the Society for Nature Research in Zurich Two Important Precursors of Julius Wolff: Carl Culmann and Hermann von Meyer 13
5. Julius Wolff and Friedrich Pauwels. Wolff's Concept of a Causal Therapy of Orthopaedic Diseases Using Biological Adaptation Phenomena and Its Realization by Friedrich Pauwels 23
6. Wolff's Law 31
7. II. Theory of Biological Sciences
8. Biological Explanation and Principle of Causality 35
9. Adaptation and Compensation as Biological Principles of Medical Thinking and Action 39
10. Feedback Control Processes in Medicine and Technology - a Comparison 45
11. III. Biomechanical Considerations
12. Computer Aided Simulation of the Functional Bone Adaptation - a Method to Check a Theory 65
13. The Bone as a Compression Member in a Cable Tensioning Device: The Example of the Hip 81
14. Stress-Shape Relationship during Treatment of a Congenital Dislocation of the Hip 93
15. Computer Simulation of Bone Remodelling in Dentistry and Orthopaedics 103
16. Computerized Reconstruction for the Study of the Three-dimensional Architecture of Trabecular Bone 113
17. IV. Electrophysiological Aspects
18. Wolffs Law and Its Biophysical Implications 119
19. How Do Cells Respond to the Mechanical Environment? 135
20. Control of Embryonic Chick Bone Growth by Resonant Electromagnetic Fields 147
21. Electrostimulation in Biology, Utilities and Side Effects 161
22. An integrative Concept for an Electrophysiological Signal System in the Connective Tissue Matrix. The Native Collagen Fibrils as Biosensor and Signal-Conducting Structure Between Nerve and Cell as Well as in the Intercellular Matrix, and a Discussion of the Underlying Mechanism 171
23. V. Blood Supply and Metabolism
24. Intraosseous Pressure of the Human Patella 193
25. The Mechanoreceptor Hypothesis for Remodeling of Bone and the Influence of Fluorid Therapy for Osteoporosis on It 199
26. Metaphyseal Stress Shielding and Transarticular Load Transfer - a Biomechanical Concept of Osteopenia 203
27. Bone Remodelling in Disuse Osteoporosis 217
28. Selenite, Nitrate, and Mercury and their Influence on Regulation Principles in Connective Tissue 223
29. The Biological Role of Oxygen Radicals, Lipid Peroxidation, and Antioxidative Therapy in Connective Tissue Regulation 231
30. VI. Special Clinical Problems
31. Model Investigations on the Loading of Bone in the Area of Hip-Joint Prostheses, and New Prosthesis Designs in Consideration of Wolff's Law 243
32. Modes of Adaptation in Noncemented Total Hip Endoprosthesis 253
33. Cementless Implantation of the Stem of Different Types of Standard Hip Endoprosthesis 261
34. Bone Adaptation to Dynamic Osteosynthetic Implants 269
35. Complex Biophysical-Chemical Therapies for Squamous Cell Carcinoma 273
36. VII. Soft Tissue Regulation, Arthrosis, and Arthritis
37. Superficial Zone of Articular Cartilage after Immobilization and Running Training: Is Proteoglycan Depletion the Clue to the Pathogenesis of Osteoarthrosis? 279
38. Feedback Mechanism in the Synovial System 283
39. Oxygen-Multistep Therapy in Degenerative Diseases of The locomotor System 289
40. Intra-articular Measurement of Resting Synovial pO2 (Oxygen Partial Pressure of Synovial Fluid) - a New Point of Intersection for Clinical Research in the Areas of Arthrosis and Pain 299
41. Immunologic and Immunogenic Background in the Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Lyme Disease 321
42. A Biological Examination of Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: The Example of Spondylitis Ankylopoietica (Bekhterev's Disease) 329
43. List of First Authors 339