The use of a portable, wearable form of pulsed radio frequency electromagnetic energy device for the healing of recalcitrant ulcers: A case report

International Wound Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-258

  Rawe, Ian M ^a   Vlahovic, Tracey C ^b  

^a Bioelectronics Corporation   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic; Device; Healing; PRFE; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY DEVICE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MAGNETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84860882108     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2011.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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