Decubitus direct current treatment (DDCT) of pressure ulcers: Results of a randomized double-blinded placebo controlled study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-269

  Adunsky, Abraham ^a,b   Ohry, Avi ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decubitus; Electrostimulation; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 26444439003     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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