Cell protein synthesis, ATP production, and amino acid uptake by the cell are increased by the application of microcurrents.(1)(2)
Microcurrents increase the rate of collagen formation in skin.(3)
The effectiveness of microcurrent therapy has recently been clinically documented by Wallace in a study of 1,531 patients with a large variety of diagnoses. 94% of the patients experienced a reduction in pain during the first treatment. The average number of treatments to achieve a zero/one pain level (zero to ten scale) was 3.8. 90% of the subjects studied achieved a zero/one pain level in less than ten treatments.(4)
In 1991, research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine conducted by Bob Beck showed that microcurrents reduced the infectivity of the AIDS virus (HIV) by 50 to 95 percent, and eliminated its ability to reproduce. US Patent #5,188,738 filed in 1993 is evidence of this research.
Microcurrents increased strength in healed tendons of experimental animals.(5)
Routine use of microcurrents accelerated healing of ligament injuries in members of a Canadian Olympic Team.(6)
There is even a study that indicates that microcurrents helped weight lifters increase strength more rapidly, and that these effects extended beyond the time treatment stopped.(7)
Many animals, especially young ones can regenerate lost limbs or portions thereof. The champion of all land animals at this do-it-yourself replacement is the salamander. It also turns out that the salamander has the greatest injury electrical current density of any land animal.(8)
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2. Bourguignon, G.J., L.Y.W. Bourguignon. 1987. Electrical Stimulation of Protein and DNA Synthesis in Human Fibroblasts. FASEB J 1(5): 398-402.
3. Alvarez, O.M., et al. 1983. The Healing of Superficial Skin Wounds.
4. Wallace. LA. MENS Therapy: Clinical Perspectives Vol. 1. Cleveland: privately published. 1990. Distribution.
5. Owoeye, L., N. Speiholz, et al. 1987. Low-Intensity Pulsed Galvanic Current and the Healing of Tenotomized Rat Achilles Tendons: Preliminary Report Using Load-to-Breaking Measurements. Arch Phys Med Rehabilitation 68:415-418
6. Stanish, W. Electrical Stimulation of Torn Ligaments Cuts Rehab Time by two-thirds. Medical World News. Feb. 27, 1984, p. 67.
7. Scott, J., R. Picker. A Double Blind Study to Evaluate Muscle Strength in Athletes Treated With Electro-Myopulse. Intl Soc Electro-Acutherapy.Feb. 27, 1983.
8. Becker, R.O., G. Shelden. 1985 THE BODY ELECTRIC. William Morrow & Co.: New York.