The gross body weight; following the treatment of traumatically ruptured tendon by electrical stimulation

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect which pulsed galvanic current stimulation of traumatically ruptured Achilles tendons has on their calf muscles; and on the gross body weight of each subject. The effect of current polarity (i.e. anodal and cathodal currents) on these variables were also studied. To achieve these the total body weights and the calf circumferences of the subjects prior to the traumatic rupture of their Achilles tendons and following treatment with the two currents (i.e. after the traumatic rupture of their tendons) were therefore compared to each other and to those measures in a group where healing took place without electrical stimulation