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What are the parameters for acupuncture like TENS?
FREQUENCY: 1-4 Hz
DURATION: 100-200 microseconds
AMPLITUDE: 30-80 mA
What are the parameters for conventional TENS?
FREQUENCY: 50-150 Hz
DURATION: 20-100 microseconds
AMPLITUDE: 10-30 mA
What are the contraindications for using a TENS unit?
*CARDIAC PACEMAKERS
*EPILEPSY
*DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
*OVER LOWER ABDOMEN/UTERUS DURING PREGNANCY
*OVER THE ANTERIOR TRANSCERVICAL AREA
What are the indications for using a TENS unit?
*POST-OPERATIVE PAIN
*DURING LABOR AND DELIVERY
*BONE FRACTURES
*CHRONIC PAIN
*TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
*PHANTOM PAIN
*FOR ANTIEMETIC EFFECTS
*IMPROVED BLOOD FLOW
What is the appropriate treatment time for neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)?
15-20 MINUTES
When does the stimulation of an innervated muscle occur?
WHEN THE APPROPRIATE INTENSITY AND DURATION IS ADMINISTERED TO THE CORRESPONDING PERIPHERAL NERVE
What are the indications for using Russian Current?
THE PRIMARY INDICATION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLE GROUPS OF OTHERWISE HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND ATHLETES
This current treatment area creates a four-leaf clover shaped treatment field within the area?
QUADRIPOLAR DELIVERY
What are common methods of delivering electrotherapy?
*BIPOLAR
*QUADRIPOLAR
*QUADRIPOLAR WITH AUTOMATIC VECTOR SCAN
What are the contraindications for electrotherapy?
*MALIGNANCY
*WITH ALL TYPES OF ELECTRONIC IMPLANTS
*DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
*OVER LOWER ABDOMEN/UTERUS DURING PREGNANCY
*OVER THE ANTERIOR TRANSCERVICALL AREA
What are the indications for using electrotherapy?
*PAIN MANAGEMENT
*URINARY INCONTINENCE
*EDEMA MANAGEMENT
*OSTEOARTHRITIC PAIN
*MIGRAINES
What are the paramaters for interferential current to facilitate a muscle contraction?
FREQUENCY: 20-50 pps
PULSE WIDTH: 100-200 microseconds
What are the parameters for pain management using interferential current?
FREQUENCY: 50-120 pps
PULSE WIDTH: 50-150 microseconds
This type of current attempts to reach deeper tissues?
INTERFERENTIAL CURRENT
This form of electrical current combines two high frequency alternating waveforms that are biphasic?
INTERFERENTIAL CURRENT
What conditions can alternating current be used for?
*MUSCLE RETRAINING
*SPASTICITY
*STIMULATION OF DENERVATED MUSCLE
Alternating current?
CHARACTERIZED BY POLARITY THAT CONTINUOUSLY CHANGES FROM POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE WITH THE CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF CURRENT FLOW
What kind of current does iontophoresis use?
DIRECT CURRENT/GALVANIC CURRENT
Direct current is AKA?
GALVANIC CURRENT
Large electrodes will result in what?
DECREASED CURRENT DENSITY
*DECREASED IMPEDANCE
*INCREASED CURRENT FLOW
Small electrodes will result in what?
*INCREASED CURRENT DENSITY
*INCREASED IMPEDANCE
*DECREASED CURRENT FLOW
True/False

A patient will experience pain and potential tissue damage if smaller electrodes are used?
TRUE
Describe the monopolar technique?
*THE STIMULATING ELECTRODE IS PLACED OVER THE ACTIVE AREA
*THE DISPERSIVE PAD IS PLACED AWAY FORM THE TARGET AREA.
This technique is utilized with interferential current?
QUADRIPOLAR TECHNIQUE
This technique is used for muscle weakness, neuromuscular facilitation, spasms, and range of motion?
BIPOLAR TECHNIQUE
What are the different forms of electrode configuration?
*MONOPOLAR TECHNIQUE
*BIPOLAR TECHNIQUE
*QUADRIPOLAR TECHNIQUE
This technique is used with wounds, iontophoresis, and in the treatment of edema?
MONOPOLAR TECHNIQUE
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