A new electrode design to improve outcomes in the treatment of chronic non-healing wounds in diabetes

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 315-322

  Suh, Hyejin ^a   Petrofsky, Jerrold ^a   Fish, Anne ^b   Hernandez, Vivian ^b   Mendoza, Enrique ^b   Collins, Kelly ^b   Yang, Tienning ^b   Abdul, Armia ^b   Batt, Jennifer ^b   Lawson, Daryl ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEATING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VALIDATION STUDY; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC FOOT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 66749159634     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2008.0092     Document Type: Article

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