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Electrotherapy
Electrotherapy includes a variety of stimulation types, protocols and uses. Most common are:
NMES (for Neuro-Muscular Electro-Stimulation) aka EMS (for Electro-Muscular Stimulation) for rehabilitation
TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) for pain therapy
Interferential currents; Russian currents (aka Kotz)
Microcurrents (aka MENS)
Galvanic currents for Iontophoresis.
Electrotherapy is used for relaxation of muscle spasms, prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy, increase of local blood circulation, muscle rehabilitation and re-education, maintaining and increasing range of motion, management of chronic and intractable pain, post-traumatic acute pain, post surgical acute pain, immediate post-surgical stimulation of muscles to prevent venous thrombosis, wound healing and drug delivery.
Reputable medical and therapy Journals have published peer-reviewed research articles that attest to the medical properties of the various electro therapies. Yet some of the treatment effectiveness mechanisms are little understood. Therefore effectiveness and best practices for their use in some instances are still anecdotal.
Electrotherapy devices have been studied in the treatment of chronic wounds and pressure ulcers. A 1999 meta-analysis of published trials found some evidence that electrotherapy could speed the healing of such wounds, though it was unclear which devices were most effective and which types of wounds were most likely to benefit.
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