Effect of electrical stimulation on chronic leg ulcer size and appearance.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Electrical current has been recommended for use on chronic pressure ulcers; however, the ability of this modality to improve healing of other types of chronic ulcers is less well established. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of high-voltage pulsed current (...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 17 - 29 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106828904&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106828904 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00319023 PTH jtl: Physical Therapy issn: 00319023 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2003 vid: 83 iid: 1 pid: 10398 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 106828904 2003062249 10.1093/ptj/83.1.17 NLM12495409 106828904 ppf: 17 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Effect of electrical stimulation on chronic leg ulcer size and appearance. aug: au: Houghton PE Kincaid CB Lovell M Campbell KE Keast DH Woodbury MG Harris KA affil: Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, Room 1443, London, Ontario, Canada N6 G 1H1; phoughto@uwo.ca sug: subj: Electric Stimulation Leg Ulcer Therapy Adult Aged Aged, 80 and Over Chronic Disease Clinical Trials Double-Blind Studies Female Funding Source Male Mann-Whitney U Test Middle Age Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Placebos T-Tests Wound Assessment Wound Healing Human Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Electrical current has been recommended for use on chronic pressure ulcers; however, the ability of this modality to improve healing of other types of chronic ulcers is less well established. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of high-voltage pulsed current (HVPC) on healing of chronic leg ulcers. SUBJECTS: Twenty-seven people with 42 chronic leg ulcers participated in the study. METHODS: The subjects were separated into subgroups according to primary etiology of the wound (diabetes, arterial insufficiency, venous insufficiency) and then randomly assigned to receive either HVPC (100 microseconds, 150 V, 100 Hz) or a sham treatment for 45 minutes, 3 times weekly, for 4 weeks. Wound surface area and wound appearance were assessed during an initial examination, following a 1- to 2-week period during which subjects received only conventional wound therapy, after 4 weeks of sham or HVPC treatment, and at 1 month following treatments. RESULTS: The results indicated that HVPC applied to chronic leg ulcers reduced the wound surface area over the 4-week treatment period to approximately one half the initial wound size (mean decrease=44.3%, SD=8.8%, range=2.8%-100%), which was over 2 times greater than that observed in wounds treated with sham units (mean decrease=16.0%, SD=8.9%, range=-30.3%-83.7%). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The results of the study indicate that HVPC administered 3 times a week should be considered to accelerate wound closure of chronic leg ulcers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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