Pulsed electromagnetic energy in management of chronic wounds: a systematic review
| Autor: | Louise M. Oliver, Sue Dhamija, Suzanne McDonough, Alison Porter-Armstrong, Helen McGaughey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Chronic wound
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| Zdroj: | Physical Therapy Reviews. 14:132-146 |
| ISSN: | 1743-288X 1083-3196 |
| DOI: | 10.1179/174328809x435231 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To assess the evidence regarding effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic energy (PEME) on the healing of chronic wounds; to explore whether there is an optimum treatment regime with regards to total current, pulse amplitude, pulse duration, and duration and frequency of treatments. Methods: A computerised literature search of the Cochrane Library, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EMBASE and PubMed was performed. Only randomised clinical trials (RCT), controlled trials, and clinical trials that studied a population aged 18 years of age or more and investigated the effects of a type of PEME in the management of a chronic wound were included. The methodological quality of the included trials was assessed qualitatively using a set of formal criteria as recommended by van Tulder et al. Results: Eleven studies (n=360) out of 40 were included of which six were of high methodological quality. Methodological scores ranged from one to nine (maximum 11) with... |
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