The first European Symposium on Electric Stimulation of Bone Growth and Repair was held in Brussels on May 20, 1976. The meeting was sponsored by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Interdisciplinary Bone Biomechanics Unit of the University of Brussels, and the Department of Applied Electronics, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg. The aims of the Symposium were to create and organize communica tion between European laboratories in the field of electric stimulation of healing processes and generally to promote international collaboration in this field. The Organizing Committee Spring 1978 F. BURNY, Brussels E. HERBST, Goteborg M. HINSENKAMP, Brussels Contents Electric Stimulation of Bone Growth and Repair: A Review of Different Stimulation Methods E. HERBST. With 5 Figures . . . . -. --. . -. . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . Four-Point Measurement of the Impedance of Bone in Vivo W. SANSEN, F. De DIJCKER, S. STAN, and J. C. MULIER t"Jith 4 Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . 15 In Vitro Study of Electric Impedance of Bone B. DURAND, P. CHRISTEL, and J. ASSAILLY. With 5 Figures . . . . 19 Achievements and Discrepancies in Understanding Bone Electric Phenomena T. CIESZYNSKI. With 2 Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Physicochemical Effect of an Electric Potential on Bone Growth R. WOLLAST, M. HINSENKAMP, and F. BURNY. With 4 Figures . . . - 29 Influence of Magnetic Fields on Growth and Regeneration in Organ Culture H. GERBER, J. CORDEY, and S. M. PERREN. With 2 Figures . . . . . .

Electric Stimulation of Bone Growth and Repair: A Review of Different Stimulation Methods

Four-Point Measurement of the Impedance of Bone in Vivo
In Vitro Study of Electric Impedance of Bone
Achievements and Discrepancies in Understanding Bone Electric Phenomena
Physicochemical Effect of an Electric Potential on Bone Growth
Influence of Magnetic Fields on Growth and Regeneration in Organ Culture
Effect of the Magnetic Field Component of the Kraus-Lechner Method on the Healing of Experimental Nonunions in Dogs
Plated Cortices and Electric Potentials
Effect of Direct Current on the Healing of Fractures
Electric Stimulation of Osteogenesis: I. Experimental Study of Bone Healing in the Rabbit Tibia II. Clinical Study in Two Cases of Congenital Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia
Hypothesis of Bone Remodelling and Fracture Healing by Electrostimulation
Electrochemical Phenomena Related to Electrodes Used for Stimulation of Bone Formation
Corrosion of Implants During Electric Stimulation of Fracture Healing
Necessity of Electric Standardization of Surgical Implants.