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Acceleration Of Wound Healing With High Voltage, Monophasic, Pulsed Current, Luther C. Kloth, Jeffery A. Feedar
Acceleration Of Wound Healing With High Voltage, Monophasic, Pulsed Current, Luther C. Kloth, Jeffery A. Feedar
Physical Therapy Faculty Research and Publications
The purpose of this study was to determine whether high voltage electrical stimulation accelerates the rate of healing of dermal ulcers. Sixteen patients with stage IV decubitus ulcers, ranging in age from 20 to 89 years, participated in the study. The patients were assigned randomly to either a Treatment Group (n = 9) or a Control Group (n = 7). Patients in the Treatment Group received daily electrical stimulation from a commercial high voltage generator. Patients in the Control Group had the electrodes applied daily but received no stimulation. The ulcers of patients in the Treatment Group healed at a …