Pae Nmes And Fes Finals

Front 1

Used for sensory stimulation

Back 1

Short pulses and low-current amplitudes

Front 2

Use for motor stimulation

Back 2

Longer pulses and higher amplitudes

Front 3

T/F Further increasing the current amplitude or pulse duration does not make the action potential larger or longer

Back 3

True

Front 4

Action potential travel faster where?

Back 4

Large-diameter myelinated nerves than in small-diameter or unmyelinated nerves

Front 5

Contraindications for ES

Back 5

Demand cardiac pacemaker or unstable arrhythmias

Placement of electrodes over carotid sinus

Areas where venous or arterial thrombosis or thrombophlebitis is present

Pregnancy

Front 6

Precautions for ES

Back 6

Cardiac disease

pts with impaired mentation or with impaired sensation

malignant tumors

areas of skin irritation or open wounds

Front 7

T/F electrodes can be placed over bony prominences if patient says pain is over there

Back 7

False

Front 8

T/F when electrodes are father apart, the current is deeper

Back 8

true

Front 9

Application of an electrical current directly to muscle to produce a muscle contraction

Back 9

Electrical muscle stimulation (ES)

Front 10

Application of an electrical current to produce muscle contractions that are applied during a functional activity

Back 10

Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)

Front 11

The total frequency-dependent opposition to current flow.

Back 11

Impedance

Front 12

the delivery of ions through the skin for therapeutic purposes using an electrical current

Back 12

Iontophoresis

Front 13

the place in a muscle where electrical stimulation will produce the greatest contraction with the least amount of electricity

Back 13

Motor point

Front 14

Motor point is usually found where?

Back 14

Middle of the muscle belly

Front 15

Application of an electrical current to motor nerve to produce contractions of the muscle they innervate

Back 15

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)

Front 16

A continuous bidirectional flow of charged particles

Back 16

Alternating Current

Front 17

AC is most commonly delivered as what kind of wave?

Back 17

Sine Wave

Front 18

A series of pulses wherein the charged particles move in one direction and then in the opposite direction

Back 18

Biphasic pulse current

Front 19

continuous flow of charged particles without interruptions or breaks

Back 19

Continuous current

Front 20

waveform procduced by the interference of two medium frequency

Back 20

Interferential current

Front 21

series of pulses wherein the charges particles move in only one direction

Back 21

Monophasic pulse current

Front 22

Medium frequency AC with a frequency of 2500 Hz delivered in 50 bursts/seconds

Back 22

Russian Protocol

Front 23

A transient increase in threshold to nerve excitation

Back 23

Accommodation

Front 24

Physiological muscle contractions usually have a smooth onset, whereas electrically stimulated muscle contractions are?

Back 24

rapid, jerky, onset

Front 25

to increase strength, what kind of contractions should be used?

Back 25

higher-force contractions

Front 26

to increase endurance, what kind of contraction should be used?

Back 26

Prolonged stimulation, lower force contrations

Front 27

Used for denervated muscles

Back 27

EMS

Front 28

Used for innervated muscles?

Back 28

NMES

Front 29

Back 29

table for EMS

Front 30

when the pulse duration is shortened, what do we need to achieve the same strength of contraction produced by a longer pulse duration

Back 30

Higher amplitude

Front 31

a principle of strengthening muscles that states that the greater the load placed on a muscle, the higher the force contraction it produces

Back 31

Overload principle