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1 Electric stimulation as an adjunct to heal diabetic foot ulcers: A randomized clinical trial 
Edgar J. Peters, MD, Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH, David G. Armstrong, DPM, John G. Fleischli, DPM  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Volume 82, Issue 6, Pages (June 2001) DOI: /apmr Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Circled areas represent wound locations and number of occurrences at each location in patients with diabetic foot ulcers treated with electric stimulation and placebo. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /apmr ) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Results of electric stimulation on wound healing, stratified by compliance. Patients who used electric stimulation for 20 hours or more a week were more likely to heal than those who used the device less than 20 hours a week or patients who used the placebo device (χ2 for trend = 4.35, p =.037). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  , DOI: ( /apmr ) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions


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