Use of the sensory nerve stimulator to accelerate healing of a venous leg ulcer with sensory nerve dysfunction: A case study

International Wound Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-251

  Ogrin, Rajna ^a   Darzins, Peteris ^b   Khalil, Zeinab ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microvascular blood flow; Nerve stimulation; Oxygen tension; Sensory nerve; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM;

ACCELERATION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEG ULCER; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE INJURY; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 28444461504     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2005.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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