Electrical stimulation increases blood flow and haemoglobin levels in acute cutaneous wounds without affecting wound closure time: Evidenced by non-invasive assessment of temporal biopsy wounds in human volunteers

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 758-764

  Ud Din, Sara ^a,b   Perry, Donna ^a,b   Giddings, Pamela ^c   Colthurst, James ^c   Zaman, Karen ^a,b   Cotton, Symon ^d   Whiteside, Sigrid ^b,e   Morris, Julie ^b,e   Bayat, Ardeshir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Fenzian Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous wound healing; Degenerate wave; Electrical stimulation; Skin scarring

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN INJURY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND CLOSURE TIME; WOUND HEALNG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871759971     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/exd.12005     Document Type: Article

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