ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Ali Yadollahpour and Mostafa Jalilifar
1Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(4):2863-2877
© The Author(s). 2014
Received: 12/06/2014 | Accepted: 27/07/2014 | Published: 31/08/2014
Abstract

Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have shown a promising potential for treatment of different wounds. Different techniques have been proposed for wound treatment including electric current therapy (ET), EMF therapy (EMFT), static magnetic field, and combined magnetic field. The present study reviews the most current EMF based methods for wound treatments and compare their efficiency for each wound. In addition the proposed mechanisms of action of these techniques were reviewed. Among different techniques, ET shows more promising effects on wounds. Furthermore, different parameters influence the therapeutic performance of ET and EMFT including electrical intrinsic properties of living organs as well as physical parameters of stimulations. For further development of EMF based treatments for wound it is necessary to develop more quantitative assessments for wound healing.

Keywords

Electric current therapy, Wound treatment, Electromagnetic field, Mechanism of action

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