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The denition of electrostimulation (ESTIM) in wound care is given by Kloth [1]: It is an adjunc­tive therapy designed to deliver low levels of electrical current to tissues in and around the open wound. Electrostimulation is not only of modern times; the rst report is attributed to Scribonius Largus in 63AD [2], where he used electric rays (Torpedo marmorata) and rays (Rajiformes) for the treatment of headache and non-healing ulcers. From this derives the term “torpid ulcers.” From the rst observations of electricity in living beings with the experiment on frogs by Luigi Galvagni in 1790, an era of research began. In the rst half of the 1800s with the neurophysiology studies of Dubois-Reymond [3], the understanding of electrical nerve trans­mission began, especially through the determina­tion of the induced tetanus contraction. In 1834, the same author reports to have found a perile­sional current of less than 1 mA. In 1885, Guillame Duchenne published how alternating currents induce effective muscle contractions and theorized their use in paralysis. Since then, the diffusion in the medical eld of treatment and registration systems, just think of ECG, EMG, etc., has found enormous development.