Evidence supporting Accel-Heal

41 published articles including two randomised controlled trials describe the results of over 300 patients treated with Accel-Heal in the published literature.

Healing outcomes with different wound types

The ability of Accel-Heal to improve clinical outcomes has been assessed in many different wound types. Please click on the items below for more information, categorised by indication.

VLU

STIMULATION OF HEALING AND REDUCTION IN WOUND-RELATED PAIN (PDF)

Stimulation of healing and reduction in wound-related pain following treatment with a microcurrent EST device in a community setting.

Hampton J, Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, UK. November 2024

HEALING OUTCOMES WITH DIFFERENT WOUND TYPES (PDF)

Use of continuous electrical stimulation in a chronic leg ulcer: a local experience.
Maniya S, Poster presented at EWMA May 2023, Milan, Italy.

HOPELESSNESS TO HEALING AND HOPE (PDF)

Leyfleurrie K. Poster presented at TVS 2023, Peterborough UK.

WAKE UP THAT HARD-TO-HEAL WOUND! (PDF)

Wallace and Leyfleurrie. Poster presented at EWMA, May 2023, Milan, Italy.

IN THREE VERY CHALLENGING AND STATIC ULCERS, ACCEL-HEAL SOLO KICK-STARTED THE HEALING PROCESS (PDF)

Clarke and Ovens. Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, 2023.

STEPPING UP TREATMENT WITH ACTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR HARD-TO-HEAL WOUNDS USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY (PDF)

Rebecca Clarke, Community Nurse Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust.

Liz Ovens, Independent Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse.

Presented at Wounds U.K. 2023.

Cost-effectiveness of an electroceutical device in treating non-healing venous leg ulcers: results of an RCT (PDF)

Guest et al 2018. Journal of Wound Care 27;4:230-243

Assessment of wound healing following electrical stimulation with Accel-Heal (PDF)

Chapman-Jones et al 2010

Supporting the Triple Aim Framework objectives in Scotland using an innovative electroceutical therapy* to improve clinical and economic benefits for patients with venous leg ulcers (VLUs) (PDF)

Ovens et al 2019. Presented at EWMA 2019

The results of a clinical evaluation of Accel-Heal electroceutical treatment in a large NHS Trust (PDF)

Nicola Turner, Tissue Viability Nurse Staffordshire and Stoke-on Trent partnership Trust (SSOTP) & Liz Ovens, Independent Tissue Viability Nurse and Associate Lecturer Bucks New University, Wounds UK, Vol 13, No 4, 2017, p 80-99

Improving clinical outcomes and reducing the cost of venous leg ulcers (VLUs) using an externally applied electroceutical therapy* in a Community NHS Trust (PDF)

Ovens et al 2019. Presented at Wounds UK 2018

Improving outcomes through innovation: An evaluation of Accel-Heal in chronic wounds (PDF)

Griffin J. Wounds UK 2013, Harrogate

DFU

Use of electrical stimulation therapy to treat a difficult diabetic foot ulcer: A case study (PDF)

Abeer s Alanazi Hagir Mohammed Senior Podiatrist, Podiatry Department, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, P.O.Box 11001, Abu Dhabi

Activation of healing and reduction of pain by single-use automated electrical stimulation (PDF)

Kurz et al. Int Wound J. 2023; 1-9

USE OF A NOVEL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE TO KICKSTART HEALING IN TWO PATIENTS WITH LOWER LIMB ULCERS COMPLICATED BY DIABETES MELLITUS (PDF)

Dr Salma Alktebi and Dr Amira Al Adab
Wound Care and Plastic Surgery Team, Al Qassimi hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Vascular ulcers

Effectiveness of a single-use, portable electrical stimulation device in vascular foot ulcers (PDF)

Kiernan et al 2020: Presented at EWMA 2020

Arterial ulcers

AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MANAGE PAIN AND STIMULATE HEALING IN ARTERIAL ULCERS USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY (PDF)

Terrill P and Ovens L. Presented at EWMA 2022

Other

TARGETING SPEEDIER HEALING (PDF)

Targeting speedier healing for category 4 pressure ulcers: A case series demonstrating pain reduction and accelerated healing in recalcitrant pressure ulcers using microcurrent electrical stimulation therapy.

Rogers C, Winter C, Johnson L, Dunderdale D, Pandey R, Kennedy C. Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, UK. November 2024

IMPROVING PATIENT TOLERANCE (PDF)

Improving patient tolerance to therapeutic compression therapy with microcurrent electrical stimulation therapy (Accel-Heal): A case study.

Warburton M, Ovens L. Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, UK. November 2024

HEALING OUTCOMES WITH DIFFERENT WOUND TYPES (PDF)

Improving Quality of Life Using a Novel Electrical Stimulation Therapy Device to Reduce Pain and Accelerate Healing in Two Patients With Very Different Underlying Aetiologies.  Allan C and Ovens L. Wound Masterclass 2022; 1 (Dec).

Powering the progression of hard-to- heal wounds with electrical stimulation: observational analysis of wounds treated with Accel-Heal (PDF)

Harikrishna KR Nair, Professor and Head of the Wound Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Nair 2022. Wounds Asia: Products and Technology. 37-46

CLINICAL EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSE RATE TO A CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVE, SINGLE-USE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE IN STATIC NON-HEALING WOUNDS (PDF)

Kurz P, Danner G and Martin R. Presented at EWMA 2022

Patient benefits of Accel-Heal

Accel-Heal’s ability to reduce wound pain is key in helping to improve patient quality of life, sleep, social interaction and has been reported to directly import tolerance of compression therapy, enabling patients to benefit from this gold standard treatment.

Patient-related benefits

USE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY TO TREAT A DIFFICULT DIABETIC FOOT ULCER: A CASE STUDY (PDF)

Abeer S. Alanazi

Poster presented at the 6th Abu Dhabi International Vascular Conference 11-12 October 2024

STIMULATION OF HEALING AND REDUCTION IN WOUND-RELATED PAIN FOLLOWING TREATMENT WITH A MICROCURRENT EST DEVICE IN A COMMUNITY SETTING (PDF)

Jane Hampton, Winnie Knop Schjøtt, Mette Gorell Riis

Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, UK. November 2024

TARGETING SPEEDIER HEALING FOR CATEGORY 4 PRESSURE ULCERS: A CASE SERIES DEMONSTRATING PAIN REDUCTION AND ACCELERATED HEALING IN RECALCITRANT PRESSURE ULCERS USING MICROCURRENT ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY (ACCEL-HEAL SOLO) (PDF)

Clare Rogers, Clare Winters, Lauren Johnson, Rajatri Pandey, Cara Kennedy, Deborah Dunderdale, Elizabeth Ovens

IMPROVING PATIENT TOLERENCE TO THERAPEUTIC COMPRESSION THERAPY WITH MICROCURRENT ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY (ACCEL-HEAL): A CASE STUDY (PDF)

Michael Warburton, Liz Ovens

PILOT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE IMPACT OF MICROCURRENT STIMULATION THERAPY (EST) AND NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT) - ALONE IN COMBINATION - IN A PORCINE FULL-THICKNESS EXCISION WOUND MODEL (PDF)

Robin Martin, Emma Woodmansey

Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, UK. November 2024

Taking the pain out of wound healing with microcurrent electrical stimulation therapy (PDF)

Amelia Swift, School of Nursing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham

Spencer James, User of Accel-Heal Solo and an expert by experience in leg ulcer management

Maria Moon, Senior Clinical Research Nurse, Home Wound Care International

AS WELL AS KICK-STARTING THE HEALING PROCESS, EST MAY PROVIDE A VALID ADJUNCT TO ORAL MEDICATION IN THE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS PERSISTENT WOUND PAIN IN PEOPLE WITH LONG-STANDING HARD TO HEAL WOUNDS (PDF)

Moon M, Hazell D, Hawes L. Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, Nov 2023.

DEVELOPMENT OF A CLINICAL PATHWAY TO SUPPORT TARGETED USAGE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION WOUND THERAPY (PDF)

Karen Layflurrie, Clinical Lead Leg Ulcer Services, HertsOne and Central London Community Healthcare Trust (CLCH).

Liz Ovens, Independent Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse.

Presented at Wounds U.K. 2023.

AN EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH PAINFUL LEG ULCERS (PDF)

Maria Moon, Daphne Hazel, Liz Hawes.

Presented at Wounds U.K. 2023.

EASE OF USE OF WEARABLE, SINGLE USE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HARD TO HEAL WOUNDS (PDF)

Cancela C, Cruz M, Kaha E, Kurz P and Leemet H. Presented at EWMA 2022

Alternative approaches need to be considered for managing venous leg ulcers failing to heal despite high compression therapy: A case study to demonstrate the effectiveness of using electrical stimulation therapy (EST) alongside compression therapy. (PDF)

Karen Layflurrie Clinical Lead Leg Ulcer Services HertsOne and Central London Community Healthcare Trust

Liz Ovens Independent Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse

Electrical stimulation therapy and electroceutical treatment for the management of venous leg ulcers (PDF)

Ovens L, British Journal of Community Nursing, March 2017, 22 Suppl 3, p S28-S36

Using electroceutical treatment to reduce symptoms and improve healing in chronic wounds (PDF)

Ovens EM, Primary Health Care, Vol 27, No 6, July 2017, p 22-27

Clinical outcome results and quality of life improvements using electroceutical treatment. A Patient perspectives (PDF)

Turner & Ovens, 2017

Getting it right for patients and budgets (PDF)

Ovens, L. Wounds UK, Vol 11, No 3, 2015, p 96-101

Management of recurrent venous leg ulcer with electroceutical therapy* to improve pain, expedite healing and reduce risk of recurrence (PDF)

Louison et al. Presented at EWMA 2015

Improving patient quality of life with innovative electroceutical technology: case series (PDF)

Greaves T, Wounds Uk, Vol 10, No 4, 2014

Use of electrical stimulation therapy to reduce pain associated with hard-to-heal wounds and reduce reliance on pharmacological analgesics, including controlled analgesics (PDF)

Maria Moon, Daphne Hazell, Liz Hawes

Home Wound Care Ltd, Middleton House, Yapton Road, Middleton-On-Sea, Bognor Regis, UK

USING SUBSENSORY ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY TO REDUCE WOUND PAIN AND ENABLE REHABILITATION IN ORDER TO FACILITATE FASTER PATIENT DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL (PDF)

Marina Pisaruka and Liz Ovens

INTEGRATION OF AN ELECTROSTIMULATION DEVICE INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HARD TO HEAL LEG ULCERS (PDF)

Clementine Toussaint, Pascal Toussaint, Vincent Hernandez, Patrick Bandon, Julia Barranger

Mode of action of Accel-Heal

Accel-Heal delivers a microcurrent level of electrical stimulation, to kickstart the healing process that has become stalled in chronic wounds. This harnesses a basic principle of human physiology – that cells in human tissue, including cells in a patient’s wound bed, respond to these tiny changes in voltage. Studies exploring Accel-Heal’s mode of action are starting to uncover more about the impact of bioelectrical signalling on the healing process.

Published Accel-Heal MoA

PILOT INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE IMPACT OF MICROCURRENT EST AND sNPWT (PDF)

This pilot in vivo study was undertaken to compare the impact of EST on wound healing with that of single-use negative pressure wound therapy (sNPWT) and to investigate the possibility of synergistic effects when both therapies are combined.

Martin R, Woodmansey E, Poster presented at Wounds UK, Harrogate, UK. November 2024

AN IN VITRO STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT ACCEL-HEAL INCREASES THE RATE OF RE-EPITHELIALISATION (PDF)

Lim LKP, Balakrishnan Y, Goh G, Tham KC, Ng YZ, Lunny DP, Leavesley D, Bonnard C. 2023 Dec 7. doi: 10.1089/wound.2023.0018.

Changes in S100 Proteins Identified in Healthy Skin following Electrical Stimulation: Relevance for Wound Healing (PDF)

Lalyatt et al 2018. Advances in Skin & Wound Care; 31(7):322-327

Single-use Automated Microcurrent Electrical Stimulation Therapy Accelerates Re-epithelialization in an In-vitro Human Skin Wound Model (PDF)

Priscilla LK LIM, Yamini BALAKRISHNAN, Declan LUNNY, David LEAVESLEY, Carine BONNARD

Study to evaluate the effect of low-intensity pulsed electrical currents on levels of oedema in chronic non-healing wounds (PDF)

Young et al 2011. Journal of Wound Care; 20(8):1-5

 

Accel-Heal: a new therapy for chronic wounds (PDF)

Tadej et al 2010. Journal of Community Nursing 2010;4(5):16-20

Health Economic benefits of Accel-Heal

The Health Economic benefit of Accel-Heal has been reported in both formal and informal analyses.

Clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness of an externally applied electroceutical device in managing venous leg ulcers in clinical practice in the UK (PDF)

Guest JF, Ayoub N, et al. JWC, 2015, 24 (12)

Cost-effectiveness of a single-use portable electrical stimulation device in the management of venous leg ulcers (PDF)

Posnett et al 2020. Presented at EWMA 2020

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of electric stimulation therapy in non-healing venous leg ulcers (PDF)

Taylor et al 2011. Journal of Wound Care;20(10):464-472

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