Zeitschrift für neuartige Physiotherapien

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Does it Need to be New to be Novel?

Daryl Lawson

One area of my research for the past 9-years has been studying electrical stimulation and healing of chronic wounds [1-9]. The mention of electrical stimulation as a modality is not new, and too many, not novel (or evidence-based). Electrical stimulation has been used as a modality to decrease pain for over 100 years. It was FDA approved by the United States for increasing blood flow. Numerous papers have been published over the past 50 years on electrical stimulation for its ability to decrease pain, facilitate strength, increase blood flow and heal wounds. This modality is not novel anymore, or is it? I believe looking at 3 main areas can help us become an evidence based consumer of a modality so it may become novel in your practice.