Evidence-Based Electrotherapy
Evidence-Based Electrotherapy
Knowledge that electrifies!
This textbook is a practical guide that provides physiotherapists, masseur-balneotherapists, massage therapists, and occupational therapists with the perfect foundation for the effective use of electrotherapeutic modalities. It not only delivers well-founded expertise, but also takes your therapeutic know-how to the next level clearly structured, practice-oriented, and based on the latest research.
Contents include:
- Pain, pain inhibition, and pain processing
- Physical principles: electricity, sound, laser, and more
- Modalities: TENS, muscle stimulation, low-frequency stimulation and Galvanic current, laser, ultrasound, high-frequency therapy
- An additional chapter on risk management, including implementation, sources of error, and key questions
Plus: treatment protocols and assessment forms available as practical downloadable supplementary material.
New in the 2nd edition: Updated, revised, and expanded based on the latest scientific evidence.
Foreword.-Historical background
Pain and pain inhibition
Nerve conduction
Low-frequency electrotherapy
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
Ultrasound therapy
Photobiostimulation (PBM)
High-frequency electrotherapy
Risk management.-Index.
van Kerkhof, Pieter
| ISBN | 978-3-662-73018-8 |
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| Media type | Book |
| Copyright year | 2026 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Language | English |
