The purpose of this study will investigate the effects of combined electromagnetic field and a plantar resistance exercise therapy versus electromagnetic field on healing of venous leg ulcer .
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
60
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy applied with intensity equal to 3mt and frequency of magnetic field impulses equal to 4 Hz. a plantar resistance exercise therapy by the StepIt rocker pedal, the overall exercise program will be to exercise on the pedal with the index leg for 1 min - then rest it for 1min - and to repeat this 10 times (20 minutes). This regime will be done twice daily (e.g .morning and evening).
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy applied with intensity equal to 3mt and frequency of magnetic field impulses equal to 4 Hz
standard general advice according to hospital protocol
Surgical department-Mansoura Health Insurance Hospital
Al Mansurah, Egypt
RECRUITINGUlcer surface area
Ulcer surface (UAS) would be calculated by placing a piece of sterilized transparency film over the ulcer and tracing the ulcer perimeter on the film with fine tipped transparency marker.
Time frame: two months
Ulcer volume measurement
Ulcer volume : The ulcer would be traced on transparent paper and placed over the metric graph paper to have the longest length and width. * A disposable measuring tape would be directed into the deepest point of the ulcer to record the ulcer depth. * (Width x length x depth) would be calculated to have the volume of the ulcer
Time frame: two months
Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH)
Categorize the ulcer with respect to surface area, exudate, and type of wound tissue
Time frame: two months
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