We performed a preliminary study of the feasibility of determining the degree of union of healing femoral neck fractures by measurement of mechanical impedance. Two experiments were performed on an excised female femur. First, impedance and the reactance were determined as a function of excitation frequency. In this experiment, the excised femur vibrated as a rigid mass up to approximately 70 Hz. At higher frequencies, the vibratory mode became complex; numerous resonances and antiresonances were observed. Second, the reactance of the femur was measured at ten excitation frequencies under four conditions: in the intact state, after removal of a small wedge of bone from the antero-superior quadrant of the neck, after removal of the head, and after re-attachment of the head. Large differences in reactance were observed with these changes. This suggests that in vivo measurement of femoral mechanical impedance may allow determination of the degree of union of healing fractures of this bone.