Electromagnetic therapy for treating venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Aziz, Zoriah ^a   Cullum, Nicky ^b   Flemming, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; ELECTROTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG ULCER; MAGNETOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN TINGLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84875519377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002933.pub5     Document Type: Review

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