1Assoc. Prof & I/C Head, Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, CAIMS College of Nursing, Chalmeda AnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India
2Professor, Department of General Surgery, CAIMS College of Nursing, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India
3Asst. Professor, Department of General Surgery, CAIMS College of Nursing, Chalmeda AnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India
4Statistician, Dept of Community Medicine, CAIMS College of Nursing, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India
5Lecturer, CAIMS College of Nursing, Chalmeda AnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. P Shanmuga Raju, MPT Assoc. Professor & I/C Head, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chalmeda AnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar-505001, Telangana, India, E-mail: shanmugampt@rediffmail.com
Online published on 18 July, 2017.
The aim of study was to evaluate the effect of continuous ultrasound therapy in healing of pressure sores.
A prospective randomized clinical trial.
The study was conducted at Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, India.
Total 30 patients who had II and III grade pressure sores were randomly assessed two treatment groups. Patients in study group (n=15) received continuous ultrasound therapy (CUS) and control group (n=15) were treated with Saline water along with gauze dressings.
Unpaired ‘t’-test on SPSS 16.0.
Results: The results showed statistically significant improvement in healing of pressure sores after treatment of CUS (p=0.05) and control group (p=0.94).
The study finding shows that continuous ultrasound therapy was significantly improved wound healing compared to control group.
Pressure sores; Wound healing, Continuous ultrasound therapy
