THE INFLUENCE OF LOW-FREQUENCY PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS ON HEALING OF CHRONIC WOUNDS AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH KENKOBIO

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593572302089

• Palavras-chave: chronic wounds; PEMF; Kenkobio; blood circulation.

• Keywords: chronic wounds; PEMF; Kenkobio; blood circulation.

• Abstract:

  In Brazil, wounds constitute a serious public health problem, due to the large number of patients with alterations in the integrity of the skin. This condition affects about 3% of the Brazilian population, varying by sex, ethnicity and age, but the records of these treatments are still deficient. The high number of people with ulcers contributes to increasing public spending, in addition to interfering with the quality of life of the population. The lack of specialized professionals and the overload in the SUS contribute to inadequate wound management, with many patients opting for self-care at home, perpetuating the inflammatory cascade, exposing the injury to pathogens and hindering healing. The Kenkobio equipment is a PEMF device that is easy to use, portable and domestic, with more than 40 years being marketed to the population and the most widespread in the country. Although CEM therapy has been used since 4000 BC, the effectiveness of PEMF began to be studied around the 16th century. XX in several clinical applications and although its mechanisms of action need further investigation to clarify its process, it is believed that electromagnetic forces play a role in the repair of human tissues, improving blood circulation, tissue oxygenation and nutrition, shortening recovery, and for that reason, are widely studied for this capacity. This review seeks an outcome of the mechanism of action of PEMF therapy in chronic wounds to help refine the intervention, demonstrating its effectiveness in tissue regeneration, with the aim of justifying the use of Kenkobio in the home environment to stimulate future more targeted studies.