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The use of electricity to stimulate a nerve or muscle transcutaneously using electrodes.
What is electrotherapy?
The anatomic area where ultrasounds absorption (heating) is the greatest.
What is the bone-muscle soft tissue interface?
A rhythmic modality that leads to reflex vasodilation with improvement in circulation.
What is Therapeutic Massage?
A modality that produces deep heating through the conversion of radio wave electromagnetic energy into thermal energy.
What is Shortwave Diathermy?
Elongation of the cervical spine of 2 to 20cm.
What is Vertebral Joint Distraction?
The process of applying electrical stimulation above the motor threshold to cause a muscle contraction.
What is Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)?
An obligatory quality of the water used during indirect ultrasound.
What is degassed?
A psychological effect that promotes a sense of general well-being.
What is "Laying of hands."
A trait shared by skeletal muscle, blood, and synovial fluid.
What is is low impedance?
The minimum amount of tractive force required for cervical spine distraction.
What is 25lbs?
A pocket-sized device that stimulates nerve fibers for the symptomatic relief of pain.
What is a TENS unit?
Gas bubbles produced within a sound field due to turbulence, which, by forced oscillation and bursting, are capable of disrupting tissue.
What is Acoustic Cavitation?
(Along with acoustic streaming, this is associated with wound contraction and protein synthesis.)
Assists in venous blood return from periphery, increases lymphatic drainage, decreases muscle tightness... among other things.
What are mechanical effects of therapeutic massage?
What is Paraffin Baths?
Degrees of flexion required to relieve symptoms of nerve root compression in the cervical spine.
What is 20-30?
A 30-60 minute treatment that utilizes high-frequency, low-intensity stimulation.
What is CONVENTIONAL transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS)?
An ultrasound mode that produces mainly nonthermal effects.
What is Pulsed Mode?
Gliding, rhythmic strokes of the hand over the skin in a distal to proximal direction.
What is Effleurage?
A method that produces high temperatures in water-rich tissues, which can be used on superficial muscles or joints with minimal superficial tissue.
What is the inductive coil method?
Minimum amount of traction, in lbs, required for anterior separation in the lumbar spine.
What is >100?
(>50lbs for posterior vertebral distraction)
A process that has been shown to potentially increase muscle mass, stroke volume, and cardiac output, as well as reduce venous pooling.
What is Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)?
Psoriasis treatment where a coal-tar ointment is applied to the skin prior to UV treatment.
What is Goeckerman's technique?
A technique in which tissue is held in a loaded, stretched position until muscle is released.
What is Direct Myofascial Release?
The most commonly used frequency in Short Wave Diathermy.
What is 27.12hz?
A form of traction involving greater pull that can be used when neural foraminal opening or retraction of herniated disc material is desired.
What is Intermittent Traction?