ABSTRACT
Three measurement sessions were performed with an electrometer before and after a skin incision and after a muscle incision. Potential differences and current intensity were measured immediately after acute trauma to determine the transient electric changes associated with soft tissue injury. The electric potentials were significantly more negative after the skin incision and skin plus muscle incision. Current intensity changed significantly after the skin plus muscle incision. It was concluded that soft tissue trauma generated negative transient electric changes.
