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| For muscle strenghtening, how many time per day do you repeat EMS? |
EVERY 2-3 HOURS WHEN AWAKE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:31:38 GMT |
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| For muscle strengthening what is the treatment time? |
10-20 MINUTES
10-20 REPETITIONS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:31:38 GMT |
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| For muscle strenghtening, what do you want to rise time to be? |
AT LEAST 2 SECONDS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:31:38 GMT |
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| For muscle strenghtening, what is the on/off times and ratio? |
6-10 SECONDS ON TIME
50-120 SECONDS OFF TIME
RATIO OF 1:5 |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:26:17 GMT |
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| For muscle strenghtening, what is the amplitude adjusted to? |
< 10% OF THE mvic IN INJURED PATIENTS
>50% MVIC IN HEALTHY PATIENTS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:26:17 GMT |
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| For muslce strengthening, what is the pulse duration? |
150-200 MICRO SECONDS FOR SMALL MUSCLES
200-350 MICRO SECONDS FOR LARGE MUSCLES |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:26:17 GMT |
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| How much frequency is needed to produce a smooth titanic contraction? |
35-50 pps
MAY BE INCREASED TO 80 PPS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:26:17 GMT |
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| Frequency? |
NUMBER OF CYCLES PER SECOND |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:59:00 GMT |
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| As you increase the frequency what will happen to the duration? |
IT DECREASES |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:43:50 GMT |
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| Number of pulses or cycles delivered per unit time (usually seconds) or pps or hertez for AC? |
FREQUENCY |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:43:50 GMT |
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| Determined by the duration and amplitude of a phase, pulse, or cycle? |
CHARGE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:43:50 GMT |
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True/False
You will not burn a patient with alternating current? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:43:50 GMT |
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| In order for an action to occur what is the threshold that it must reach? |
+30mV |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:09:01 GMT |
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| The resting potential of an axon or nerve? |
-65mV |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:09:01 GMT |
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| Current flowing is both directions? |
ALTERNATING CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:09:01 GMT |
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| The ability to store a charge? |
CAPACITANCE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:09:01 GMT |
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| How does current flow through a battery? |
FLOW OF ELECTRONS FROM NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:53:00 GMT |
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| How does current flow in the body? |
POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:53:00 GMT |
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| What are the 4 impairments that Physical Therapist treat? |
-PAIN
-MOTION RESTRICTIONS
-INFLMMATION AND REPAIR
-TONE ABNORMALITY |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:53:00 GMT |
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| Time it takes for an individual stimulus to reach a peak level of magnitude? |
RISE TIME |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:53:00 GMT |
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| Will never drop below the isoelectric ling? |
DIRECT CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:37:01 GMT |
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| This kind of current always drops below the isoelectric line? |
ALTERNATING CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:37:01 GMT |
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| This type of electrical current is always a last resort? |
DIRECT CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:37:01 GMT |
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| How is resistance measured? |
OHMS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:37:01 GMT |
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| Pulse duration deals with? |
TIME |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:30 GMT |
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True/False
PPS is not a unit of time? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:30 GMT |
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True/False
TYPE II MUSCLE FIBERS have more myelin than type I muscle fibers? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:30 GMT |
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| How can deinervated nerves contract? |
LOW VOLT AT 10 MILLI SECONDS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:30 GMT |
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| By convection, current is said to flow from? |
ANODE TO CATHODE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:14:49 GMT |
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| Current flows from? |
CATHODE TO ANODE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:14:49 GMT |
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| The more myelin the smaller the? |
COMPATENCE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:14:49 GMT |
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| How to alpha motor neurons carry impulses? |
CARRY IMPULSES FROM THE BRAIN TO THE MUSCLE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:16:32 GMT |
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| This is more comfortable and can stimulate larger areas? |
INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:36 GMT |
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True/False
Interferential therapy is associated with the OPIATE THEORY? |
FALSE
GATE THEORY |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:36 GMT |
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| What kind of current is interferential therapy? |
ALTERNATION CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:36 GMT |
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True/False
For interferential therapy, the lower the hertz the deeper the penetration? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:36 GMT |
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True/False
Motor TENS activate ASCENDING inhibitory pathways that involve serotonin systmes? |
FALSE
DESCENDING |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:36 GMT |
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| This version of TENS stimulates the production and release of ednorphins and enkephalins (endogenous opiates) |
MOTOR TENS |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:36 GMT |
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| Motor TENS is used for what kind of pain? |
CHRONIC PAIN |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:36 GMT |
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| Conventional TENS is used for what kind of pain? |
ACUTE PAIN |
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MichaelMorano Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:36 GMT |
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| What are the paramaters for motor TENS? |
-PULSE FREQUENCY: 2-10 PPS
-PULSE DURATION: 100-200 MICRO SECONDS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:41 GMT |
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| What are the two methods of TENS units? |
-CONVENTIONAL TENS
-MOTOR TENS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:41 GMT |
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| What are the paramaters for conventional TENS? |
-PULSE FREQUENCY 100-150 PPS
-PULSE DURATION: 50-80 MICRO SECONDS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:41 GMT |
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| Conventional TENS is AKA? |
-HIGH RATE TENS
-SENSORY TENS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:41 GMT |
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| The electrical difference between the inside of a neuron and the outside when the neuron is at rest, usually 60-90 mV, with the inside being negative relative to the outside? |
RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:15:51 GMT |
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| The reversal of the resting potential in excitable cell membranes where the inside of the cell becomes positive relative to the outside? |
DEPOLARIZATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:02 GMT |
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| The rapid sequential depolarization and repolarization of a nere that occurs in response to a stimulus and transmits along the axon? |
ACTION POTENTIAL (AP) |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:02 GMT |
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| A transient increase in threshold to nere excitation? |
ACCOMMODATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:02 GMT |
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| The frequency modulation of an interferential current? |
SWEEP |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:02 GMT |
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| The magnitude of current or voltage? |
AMPLITUDE (INTENSITY) |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:10:48 GMT |
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| How is pulse duration generally expressed? |
MICRO SECONDS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:10:48 GMT |
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| The time from the beginning of the first phase of a pulse to the end of the last phase of a pulse? |
PULSE DURATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:10:48 GMT |
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| Voltage is AKA? |
POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:10:48 GMT |
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| The force or pressure of electricity? |
VOLTAGE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:07:15 GMT |
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| The charge of an electrode that will be positive (anode) or negative (cathode) with a direct or monophasic pulsed current and constantly changing with an alternating or biphasic pulsed current? |
POLARITY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:07:15 GMT |
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| A principle of strengthening muscle that states the greater the load placed on a muscle and the higher force contraction it produces, the more strength that muscle will gain? |
OVERLOAD PRINCIPLE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:07:15 GMT |
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| Motor point? |
THE PLACE WHERE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION WILL PRODUCE THE GREATEST CONTRACTION WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY
GENERALLY LOCATED OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE MUSCLE BELLY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:07:15 GMT |
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| TENS with long duration, high amplitude pulses used to control pain? |
LOW RATE TENS
AKA: ACUPUNCTURE LIKE TENS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:02:04 GMT |
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| A theory of pain control and modulation that states pain is modulated at the spinal cord level by inhibitory effects of nonoxious afferent input? |
GATE CONTROL THEORY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:02:04 GMT |
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| Galvanotaxis? |
THE ATTRACTION OF CELLS TO AN ELECTRICAL CHARE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:02:04 GMT |
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| The movement of flow of charged particles through a conductor in response to an applied electrical field? |
ELECTRICAL CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:02:04 GMT |
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| TENS with short duration, low amplitude pulses used to control pain? |
CONVENTIONAL TENS
AKA: HIGH RATE TENS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:57:45 GMT |
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| Anode? |
THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:57:45 GMT |
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| TENS with long duration, high amplitude pulses used to control pain. |
ACUPUNCTURE LIKE TENS
AKA: LOW RATE TENS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:57:45 GMT |
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| The greater distance between electrodes? |
THE DEEPER THE CURRENT TRAVELS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:57:45 GMT |
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| The closer electrodes are are placed? |
THE MORE SUPERFICIAL THE CURRENT TRAVELS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:16 GMT |
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True/False
Electrodes should not be placed over bony prominences? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:16 GMT |
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True/False
Denervated muscles only contract in response to ;ulses of electricity lasting 15 milli seconds or longer? |
FALSE
10 MILLISECONDS OR LONGER |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:16 GMT |
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| NMES? |
NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:16 GMT |
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| How do you increase endurance using electrical stim? |
PROLONGED STIMULATION WITH MORE LOWER-FORCE CONTRACTION SHOULD BE USED |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:44:49 GMT |
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| To increase strength, what should be used? |
HIGHER FORCE CONTRACTIONS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:44:49 GMT |
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| To produce strength gains in an injured patient, the force of the stimulated contraction needs to be what? |
10% OF THE MVIC |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:44:49 GMT |
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| To produce strength gains in a healthy muscle, the force of the stimulated contraction needs to be what? |
50% OF THE MVIC |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:44:49 GMT |
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| The greater the load placed on a muslce and the higher force contraction it produces, the more strength that muslce will gain. This is an example of what? |
OVERLOAD PRINCIPLE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:34:44 GMT |
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| How is electrical stimulation thought to strengthen muscles? |
OVERLOAD AND SPECIFICITY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:34:44 GMT |
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| Electrically stimulated muscle contractions have what kind of onset? |
RAPID AND JERKY ONSET |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:34:44 GMT |
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| Physiological muscle contractions usually have what kind of onset? |
SMOOTH ONSET |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:34:44 GMT |
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| How do smaller slow twitch type I muslce fibers fatigue and atrophy? How are they recruited? |
SLOWLY. THEY ARE MORE FATIGUE RESISTANT
They are recruited psychologically |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:29:30 GMT |
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| What kind of contractions fatigue and atrophy more quickly? |
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
FAST TWITCH TYPE II MUSCLE FIBERS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:29:30 GMT |
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| Large fast twitch muscle fibers (Type II) will contract to what kind of stimulation? |
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:29:30 GMT |
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| Describe the order of muscle recruitment with electrical stimulation? |
FAST TWITCH TYPE II MUSCLE FIBERS ARE ACTIVATED FIRST FOLLOWED BY. THOSE WITH A SMALLER AXONAL DIAMETER ARE RECRUITED LATER |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:29:30 GMT |
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| Describe type II muscle fibers? |
-LARGEST DIAMETER AXONS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:18:58 GMT |
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| During electrical stimulation, which nerve fibers are activated first? |
TYPE II MUSLCE FIBERS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:18:58 GMT |
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| What is the primary difference between electrically stimulated muscle contraction and physiologically initiated muscle contractions? |
THE ORDER OF RECRUITMENT OF MOTOR UNITS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:18:58 GMT |
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| How can electrical stimulation assist with functional recovery? |
BY PRODUCING SENSORY INPUT, PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK OF NORMAL MOTION, AND INCREASED MUSCLE STRENGTH |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:18:58 GMT |
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| What is the recommended on/off time when using electrical stimulation? |
6-10 SECONDS ON TIME
50-120 SECONDS OFF TIME
1:5 RATIO |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:41 GMT |
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| What is the purpose of the on/off time? |
TO LIMIT PATIENT FATIGUE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:41 GMT |
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| Our goal is to get what kind of contraction? |
TETANIC CONTRACTION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:41 GMT |
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| Determines the type of response or muscle contraction that the electrical stimulation will produce? |
FREQUENCY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:41 GMT |
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| Selection of the ideal combination of pulse duration and current amplitude should be based on what? |
patient feedback |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:06 GMT |
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| In an innervated muscle, the pulse duration should be between what to stimulate motor nerves? |
150-350 MICROSECONDS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:06 GMT |
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True/False
Most motor points are over the middle of the muscle belly? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:06 GMT |
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| This is the point where an electrical stimulus will produce the greatest contracation with the least amount of electricity? |
MOTOR POINT |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:06 GMT |
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True/False
Electrodes should be place PERPINDICULAR to the muscle fibers? |
FALSE
PARALLEL |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:57:00 GMT |
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| When electrical stimulation is applied to produce a muscle contraction, where should the electrodes be placed? |
OVER THE MOTOR POINT OF THE FOR THE MUSCLE AND THE OTHER SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE MUSCLE TO BE STIMULATED |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:57:00 GMT |
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| Low rate/ acupuncture like TENS should not be applied for how long? |
45 MINUTES
PROLONGING THE REPETITIVE MUSLCE CONTRACTION CAN RESULT IN DELAYED-ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS (DOMS) |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:57:00 GMT |
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| How long will low rate/acupuncture like TENS control pain for? |
4-5 HOURS AFTER A 20-30 MINUTE TREATMENT |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:57:00 GMT |
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| How can you achieve low rate/acupuncture like TENS? |
LONGER PULSE DURATIONS AND HIGHER CURRENT AMPLITUDES |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:32 GMT |
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| Describe low rate/acupuncture like TENS? |
REPETITIVE STIMULATION OF MOTOR OR NOCICEPTIVE A DELTA NERVES TO PRODUCE REPETITIVE MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS OR BRIEF SHARP PAIN CAN STIMULATE ENDOGENOUS OPOID PRODUCTION. |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:32 GMT |
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| When does pain normally return after the dissuse of conventional TENS? |
IMMEDIATELY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:32 GMT |
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| Conventional TENS uses what pain theory? |
GATE CONTROL THEORY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:32 GMT |
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| How long can conventional TENS be applied for? |
UP TO 24 HOURS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:37:16 GMT |
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| TENS |
TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:37:16 GMT |
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| When using electrical stimulation, how can A Beta nerves be activated? |
BY BOTH SHORT AND LONG DURATION ELECTRICAL CURRENT PULSES |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:37:16 GMT |
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| Pain perception is determinded by the activity of? |
A-DELTA AND C FIBERS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:37:16 GMT |
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| What is an example of a nonnociceptor? |
A-BETA NERVE FIBERS
CAN INHIBIT TRANSMISSION OF NOXIOUS STIMULI FROM THE SPINAL CORD TO THE BRAIN |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:32:27 GMT |
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| C nervy fibers? |
SMALL UNMYELINATED C NERVE FIBERS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:30:28 GMT |
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| A Delta nerves? |
SMALL AND MYELINATED |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:30:28 GMT |
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| How does electrical stimulation reduce the sensation of pain? |
BY INTERFEREING WITH IT'S TRANSMISSION AT THE SPINAL CORD LEVEL
AKA: GATE CONTROL THEORY |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:30:28 GMT |
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| Why do we not want to place electrodes over the carotid sinus? |
MAY INDUCE A RAPID FALL IN BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE. THEY CAN CAUSE THE PATIENT TO FAINT |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:24:42 GMT |
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| If your patient is pregnant, where should you NOT place the electrodes? |
OVER THE LOW BACK, ABDOMEN, OR HIPS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:24:42 GMT |
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| Are you more likeley to see a burn from electrical stimulation from AC/DC current or pulsed currents? |
AC/DC CURRENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS ON |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:24:42 GMT |
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| Why is it not recommended for electrical stimulation to be placed on malignant tumors? |
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION CAN EHHANCE TISSUE GROWTH |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:24:42 GMT |
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| How is an action potential achieved? |
BY RAPID SEQUENTIAL DEPOLARIZATION AND REPOLARIZATION IN RESPONSE TO STIMULATION |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:19:36 GMT |
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| A longer pulse of 150-350 micro seconds in duration is used to produce? |
MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS |
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MichaelMorano Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:19:36 GMT |
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| A short pulse of about 80 micro seconds in duration is used to produce what kind of stimulation? |
SENSORY STIMULATION
LOW AMPLITUDE CURRENT/SHORT PULSE DURATION |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:48 GMT |
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| Longer pulses and higher amplitudes are used for MOTOR STIMULATION? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:48 GMT |
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True/False
Short pulses and low current amplitudes are used for SENSORY STIMULATION |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:48 GMT |
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True/False
Longer pulses and LOWER amplitudes are used for motor stimulation? |
HIGHER |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:48 GMT |
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True/False
Short pulses and HIGH current amplitudes are used for sensory stimulation? |
FALSE
LOW CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:43:16 GMT |
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| Higher amplitude or longer pulses are needed to deploarize what kind of nreves? |
MOTOR NERVES |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:43:16 GMT |
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| Lower current amplitudes and shorter pusle durations can depolarize what kind of nerves? |
SENSORY NERVES |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:43:16 GMT |
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True/False
When a nerve is depolarized, no additional action potentials can be generated? |
TRUE |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:43:16 GMT |
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| When a nerve is as rest, without physiological or electrical stimulation, the insie is more negatively charged that the outside by? |
60-90 mV |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:30:18 GMT |
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| The basic unit of nerve communication? |
ACTION POTENTIAL |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:30:18 GMT |
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| How does electrical current exert it's physiological effects? |
BY DEPOLARIZING NERVE MEMBRANES AND THEREBY PRODUCING ACTION POTENTIALS |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:30:18 GMT |
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| What are the clinical applications of electrical stimulation? |
-MUSCLE STRENGTHENING AND REEDUCATION
-PAIN CONTROL
-ASSISTING IN THE HEALING PROCESS
-RESOLVING EDEMA AFTER INJURY OR SURGERY
-TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:30:18 GMT |
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| Lapicque introduced the concept of? |
THE "STRENGTH DURATION CURVE" |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:18:04 GMT |
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| In 1905, Lapicque developed what law and for what purpose? |
LAW OF EXCITATION
RELATING THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF A STIMULUS TO WHETHER IT WOULD PRODUCE A MUSCLE CONTRACTION |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:18:04 GMT |
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True/False
Faradic current cannot be used to produce a muscle contraction? |
FALSE
IT CAN BE USED TO GENERATE A MUSCLE CONTRACTION |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:18:04 GMT |
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| During the 1830s, Faraday discovered that bidirectional electrical currents could be induced by a moving magnet. What did he call this current? |
FAFADIC CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:18:04 GMT |
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This person mapped out the locations on the skin where electrical stimulation most effectively cause specific muscles to contract?
These were referred to as? |
DUCHENNE
-REFERRED TO AS "MOTOR POINTS" |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:59 GMT |
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| Who was the man in 1971 who first recorded producing muscle contractions by touching metal to a frog's muscle and what did he call the effect? |
GALVANI
-HE CALLED IT "ANIMAL ELECTRICITY" |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:06 GMT |
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| Electrical current is a flow of charged particles. The charged particles may be? |
-ELECTRONS
-IONS |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:06 GMT |
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| A flow of charged particles? |
ELECTRICAL CURRENT |
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MichaelMorano Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:06 GMT |
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