# STIMULATION OF EXTREMITY GROWTH BY ELECTRICAL FIELDS

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 1991 · $232,449

## Abstract

The long-term objective of this renewal proposal is to produce accelerated
growth of the growth plate in Beagle puppies with capacitively coupled
electricity. The specific aims are 1) to determine if an appropriate
capacitively coupled electrical signal can produce significant, prolonged
acceleration of the puppy radius as measured with three-dimensional
biplanar roentgenography utilizing tantalum epiphyseal and diaphyseal
markers, and 2) to determine the effect of the applied electrical field on
growth plate closure, be it premature closure, delayed closure, or normal
time of closure.

Successful prolonged acceleration of the puppy radius will set the stage
for the translation of this data to clinical application in the child with
limb length inequality.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3154782
- **Project number:** 2R01AR013812-20A2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **SAM.gov UEI:** GM1XX56LEP58
- **Principal Investigator:** Carl T. Brighton
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $232,449
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1975-11-01 → 1994-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3154782

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3154782, STIMULATION OF EXTREMITY GROWTH BY ELECTRICAL FIELDS (2R01AR013812-20A2). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3154782. Licensed CC0.

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