Experimental wound healing using microamperage electrical stimulation in rabbits

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Bayat, Mohammad ^a   Asgari Moghadam, Zahra ^b   Maroufi, Mohammad ^c   Rezaie, Fatemeh Sadat ^d   Bayat, Maryam ^e   Rakhshan, Mohammad ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biomechanical evaluation; Electrotherapy; Fibroblast; Histology; Microamperage current; Morphometry; Rabbits; Skin incision; Tensile strength; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION; FIBROBLAST; MICROAMPERAGE CURRENT; MORPHOMETRY; RABBIT; SKIN INCISION; WOUND HEALING;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FIBROBLAST; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN INCISION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746216214     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.05.0089     Document Type: Article

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