Electrotherapy Stimulation Treatment
The use of electrotherapy has been widely researched and
the advantages have been well accepted in the field of
rehabilitation (electrical muscle stimulation). The American
Physical Therapy Association acknowledges the use of
Electrotherapy for:
1. Pain management
Improves range of joint movement
2. Treatment of neuromuscular dysfunction
Improvement of strength
Improvement of motor control
Retards muscle atrophy
Improves local blood flow
3. Improves range of joint mobility
Induces repeated stretching of contracted, shortened soft
tissues
4. Tissue repair
Enhances microcirculation and protein synthesis to heal
wounds
Restores integrity of connective and dermal tissues
5. Acute and chronic edema
Accelerates absorption rate
Affects blood vessel permeability
Increases mobility of proteins, blood cells and lymphatic
flow
6. Peripheral blood flow
Induces arterial, venous and lymphatic flow
7. Iontophoresis
Delivery of pharmacological agents
8. Urine and fecal incontinence
Affects pelvic floor musculature to reduce pelvic pain and
strengthen musculature
Treatment may lead to complete continence
Electrotherapy is used for relaxation of muscle spasms,
prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy, increase of
local blood circulation, muscle rehabilitation and
re-education electrical muscle stimulation, 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
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