Author/Editor		Šavrin, R; Coer, A
Title		Tissue changes after electrical stimulation of pressure sores in spinal cord injury patients
Type		članek
Source		In: Karčnik T, Veltink P, Jaeger R, editors. IFESS 2002. Proceedings of the 7th annaual conference of the International functional electrical stimulation society; 2002 Jun 25-29; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Faculty of electrical engineering,
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 324-6
Language		eng
Abstract		The investigation covered 50 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), suffering from decubital wounds in the sacral area. In 25 patients the wounds were stimulated by using biphasic electric current while the remaining 25 patients received conservative treatment. In five patients from each group a qualitative and a quantitative histological analyses of the tissue samples taken from the border of the wound were performed before the beginning of treatment and after almost two months. The wounds that had been treated by electrical stimulation showed a lower inflammatory response, a higher wound healing velocity, a higher collagen density as well as a more intense process of angiogenesis.
Descriptors		SPINAL CORD INJURIES DECUBITUS ULCER ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY WOUND HEALING