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- Title
A current affair: electrotherapy in wound healing.
- Authors
Hunckler, Jerome; de Mel, Achala
- Abstract
New developments in accelerating wound healing can have immense beneficial socioeconomic impact. The wound healing process is a highly orchestrated series of mechanisms where a multitude of cells and biological cascades are involved. The skin battery and current of injury mechanisms have become topics of interest for their influence in chronic wounds. Electrostimulation therapy of wounds has shown to be a promising treatment option with nodevice-related adverse effects. This review presents an overview of the understanding and use of applied electrical current in various aspects of wound healing. Rapid clinical translation of the evolving understanding of biomolecular mechanisms underlying the effects of electrical simulation on wound healing would positively impact upon enhancing patient's quality of life.
- Subjects
ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; WOUND healing; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BIOMOLECULE analysis; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2017, Vol 10, p179
- ISSN
1178-2390
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/JMDH.S127207