Electrotherapy: Evidence-Based Practice - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0443072167 ISBN 13: 9780443072161

Casa editrice: Churchill Livingstone, 2001

Riassunto

A well established and popular textbook which comprehensively covers the use of electrotherapy in clinical practice. It includes the background science as well as describing the different electrical agents and their therapeutic applications.

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Contenuti

Section A: Scientific background
Introduction: Safety
1. Electrophysical properties
2. Electrical properties of cells and tissues
3. Tissue repair
4. Sensory and motor nerve activation
5. Physiology of pain

Section B: Scientific basis of therapy
6. Thermal effects
7. Low energy treatments: Nonthermal or microthermal
8. Stimulative effects

Section C: Conductive agents
9. Heat and cold: conduction materials

Section D: Electromagnetic agents
10. Infrared radiation
11 Part 1 Shortwave diathermy
Part 2 Microwave diathermy
12. Low intensity laser therapy
13. Ultraviolet therapy

Section E: Ultrasound
14. Ultrasound therapy

Section F: Low-frequency currents
15. Low-frequency currents - an introduction
16. Neuromuscular and muscular electrical stimulation
17. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
18. Interferential for pain control
19. Part 1 Diagnostic applications
Part 2 Assessment
20. Electrical stimulation for wound healing

Appendix: Safety in Practice
Index

Product Description

Book by Kitchen MSc PhD DipTP MCSP Sheila

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Churchill Livingstone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0443072167
• ISBN 13: 9780443072161
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 347
• Redattore: Kitchen Sheila, Bazin Sarah
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italia