ELECTROTHERAPY MODALITIES
ABBREVATIONS/AKA
ELECTRICAL THEORY
DEFINATIONS
LIGHT ENERGY
100

A POSITIVE ELECTRODE?

WHAT IS AN ANODE

100

GFI

GROUND FAULT INTERRUPTER

100

APPARATUS THAT CHANGES ALTERNATING CURRENT TO DIRECT CURRENT?

WHAT IS A RECTIFIER

100

UNIT THAT MEASURES THE RESISTANCE OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT

WHAT IS OHM
100

THIS IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE PEAKS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES?

WHAT IS A WAVELENGTH

200

CURRENTS USED IN FACIAL AND SCALP TREATMENTS?

WHAT IS A MODALITIES

200

AC

ALTERNATING CURRENT

200

UNIT THAT MEASURES HOW ELECTRIC ENERGY IS BEING USED IN A SECOND?

WHAT IS A WATT

200

THESE PREVENT OVERHEATING?

WHAT IS A FUSE AND CIRCUIT BREAKER

200

VISIBLE LIGHT MAKES UP THIS % OF NATURAL SUNLIGHT?

WHAT IS 35%

300

THIS APPARATUS CONDUCTS ELECTRIC CURRENT FROM AN ELECTROTHERAPY DEVICE TO TE CLIENTS SKIN?

WHAT IS AN ELECTRODE

300

UL

UNDERWRITTERS LABORATORIES

300

KNOWN AS AN INSULATOR, A MATERIAL THAT DOES NOT TRANSMIT ELECTRICITY?

WHAT IS A NONCONDUCTOR

300

ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WE USE SHOULD BE WHAT KIND OF CERTIFIED?

WHAT IS UL

300

OFTEN CALLED THE BURNING LIGHT?

WHAT IS ULTRAVIOLET B (UVB)

400

PROCESS OF INFUSING WATER-SOLUBLE PRODUCTS INTO THE SKIN WITH THE USE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT?

WHAT IS IONTOPHORESIS

400

ALSO KNOWN AS COLD LIGHT AND MAKES UP 5%OF NATURAL LIGHT?

WHAT IS ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT

400

UNIT OF MEASURE THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO 1/1000 OF AN AMPERE

WHAT IS A MILLIAMPERE

400

TREATMENT BY MEANS OF LIGHT RAYS IS CALLED?

WHAT IS LIGHT THERAPY

400

SUBSTANCE THAT SPEEDS UP CHEMICAL REACTION?

WHAT IS CATALYSTS

500

EXTREMELY LOW LEVEL OF ELECTRICITY THAT MIRRORS THE BODY'S NATURAL ELECTRICAL IMPULSES?

WHAT IS A MICROCURRENT

500

CANDY

CANDY

500

UNIT THAT MEASURES THE STRENGTH OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT? 

WHAT IS AN AMPERE

500

IF YOU DROP AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE IN WATER WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

WHAT IS NEVER USE IT AGAIN

500

THIS TYPE OF LIGHT IS BLOCKED BY THE OZONE LAYER?

WHAT IS ULTRAVIOLET C (UVC)