Electric stimulation in the treatment of chronic wounds

Wounds UK

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-71

  Cutting, Keith F ^a,b,c  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wounds UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Leg ulcers; Technology on wound care; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BACTERIOSTASIS; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33646700774     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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