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Effect of a Low Frequency Pulsating Magnetic Field on the Healing of Rat Skin Wounds
Author(s) -
COCKSHUTT J. R.,
BINNINGTON A. G.,
WILCOCK B. P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1984.tb00780.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wound healing , contracture , biomedical engineering , surgery
The ability of a pulsing magnetic field to accelerate wound healing was tested in rats. Full‐thickness skin defects were created surgically in rats. A magnetoelectric coil applicator was used to deliver two 15 minute episodes of pulsing magnetic treatment daily to the rats at a level of 80 Gauss and 60 Hr. Healing was evaluated grossly and by light microscopy 7, 14, 22, 29, 42, and 56 days following wound creation. No significant change in rate of wound contracture or epithelialization was seen nor was there any microscopic evidence of enhanced collagen formation or cellular organization as compared with untreated wounds.