Can feline purring stimulate wound healing?

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From the Research

Feline Purring and Wound Healing

  • There is no direct evidence in the provided studies to suggest that feline purring can stimulate wound healing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • The studies focus on the mechanisms of feline purring 1, feline emotions and behavior 2, neuronal oscillations in cats 3, and the mechanics of the cat middle ear 4, as well as cat-human interactions 5.
  • None of these studies investigate the potential effects of feline purring on wound healing.
  • Therefore, there is no research-based evidence to support the claim that feline purring can stimulate wound healing.

References

2
Research

Understanding feline emotions: … and their role in problem behaviours.

Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2018

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Research

Measurements and model of the cat middle ear: evidence of tympanic membrane acoustic delay.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1998

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