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the use of transcutaneous electrical stimulation to modulate pain |
TENS |
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TENS parameters |
pulse: 50-80 pulse per second: 100-150 |
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Involves repetitive stimulation of motor nerve to produce brief repetitive muscle contractions or twitches or of nociceptive A-delta nerves to produce brief, sharp pain. |
Acupuncture-like TENS |
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this stimulation is delivered in bursts, or packages, with a number of pulses in each burst |
burst mode TENS |
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Contraindications and precautions of TENS |
same as ems, fes, nmes |
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TENS with long duration, high amplitude pulses used to control pain; also called low rate tens |
Acupuncture-like TENS |
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TENS with short duration, low-amplitude pulses used to control pain, also called high-rate TENS |
Conventional TENS |
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a low frequency, amplitude modulated electrical current that results from the interference caused by crossing two or more medium-frequency alternating sine wave currents with different carrier frequency |
Interferential Current |
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Technical term for IFC |
Beat amplitude-modulated sinusoidal alternating current |
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about how easily or difficult it is for electric current to pass through the skin, it depends on skin characteristics and the frequency of the electric current |
Skin impedance |
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Applied using 4 electodes, each pair of electrodes is connected to its respective circuit or channel of stimulation |
Quadripolar or true interferential mode |
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Indications for IFC |
Acute pain chronic pain muscle spasm swelling incontinence muscle weakness msk problems |
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msk problems that are indications for IFC |
Lateral epicondylitis Frozen shoulder Osteoarthritis Bursitis Tendinitis Fractures |
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Contraindications for IFC |
Cardiac pacemaker Advnaced cardiac disease Hypertension Thrombosis Hemorrhage Pregnancy Neoplasm TB Fever Infections The eyes Skin disorders Epiphyseal region in children |
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precautions for IFC |
IFT apparatus at least 6 m away from SWD machine patients with febrile condi epileptic pts over anterior chest wall pos suction electrode below the level of damage or discomfort |
