Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Olyaee Manesh, Alireza ^a   Flemming, K ^b   Cullum, N A ^b   Ravaghi, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Electromagnetics; Electric stimulation therapy; Humans; Pressure ulcer *radiotherapy ; Randomized controlled trials; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548864997     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002930.pub3     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. Comorosan S, Vasilco R, Arghiropol M, Paslaru L, Jieanu V, Stelea S. The effect of Diapulse therapy on the healing of decubitus ulcer. Romanian Journal of Physiology 1993;30(1-2):41-5.
2. Salzberg CA, Cooper-Vastola SA, Perez F, Viehbeck MG, Byrne DW. The effects of non-thermal pulsed electromagnetic energy on wound healing of pressure ulcers in spinal cord-injured patients: a randomized, double-blind study. Ostomy Wound Management 1995;41:42-4, 46, 48.
3. Cooper Vastola SA, Salzberg CA, Viehbeck MG, Perez FJ. A randomized, double-blind study on the effects of diapulse on wound healing in pressure ulcers. Journal of American Paraplegia Society 1983;16(4):263-4.
4. Begg C, Cho M, Eastwood S, Horton R, Moher D, Olkin I, et al. Improving the quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials: the CONSORT statement. JAMA 1996;276:637-9.
5. Bennett G, Dealey C, Posnett J. The cost of pressure ulcers in the UK. Age and Ageing 2004;33(3):230-5.
6. Burr HS, Taffel M, Harvey, SC. An electrometric study of the healing wound in man. Yale Journal of Biological Medicine 1940;12:483-5.
7. Clark M. The financial cost of pressure ulcer in the UK National Health Services. Proceedings of 4th European Conference on Avdances in Wound Management. London: Macmillan, 1994:48-51.
8. European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. Guideline on treatment of pressure ulcers. EPUAP Review 1999;1(2):31-3.
9. Hewitt GK. Chronic leg ulcers. Physiotherapy 1956;42:43-5.
10. Kaltenthaler E, Whitfield MD, Walters SJ, Akehurst RL, Paisley S. UK, USA and Canada: How do their pressure ulcer prevalence and incidence compare?. Journal of Wound Care 2001;10(1):530-5.
11. Kitchen S. Electrotherapy: Evidence-Based Practice. Eleven. Edinburgh: New York: Churchill-Livingstone, 2002.
12. Stiller MJ, Pak GH, Shupack JL, Thaler S, Kenny C, Jondreau L. A portable pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) device to enhance healing of recalcitrant venous ulcers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. British Journal of Dermatology 1992;127:147-54.
13. Touche Ross, Company. The costs of pressure sores. Report to the Department of Health, UK 1993.
14. Weiss DS, Kirsner R, Eaglstein WH. Electrical stimulation and wound healing. Archives of Dermatology 1990;126(2):222-5.