Waveforms Anyone?
Current used for wound healing.
What is monophasic pulsed current (High Volt or Galvanic)?
Two types of impairments that ultrasound can be used for.
What are soft tissue shortening and delayed tissue healing?
Type of light produced by laser.
What is coherent, directional, and monochromatic?
The use of an electrical current to promote transdermal drug delivery.
What is iontophoresis?
Band of UV radiation that is indicated for wound healing.
What is UVC?
Two potential goals/indications for NMES.
What are muscle re-education and strengthening?
Two types of effects of ultrasound on tissues.
What are thermal and nonthermal?
The relationship between laser light frequency and wavelength.
What is inversely related?
Type of current used to facilitate delivery of medications through the skin.
What is low-amplitude DC current?
Two effects of UV radiation on the tissues.
What are tanning and epidermal hyperplasia? (Also Vitamin D synthesis and bactericidal effects).
The difference between the carrier frequency and another medium frequency AC waveform.
What is the beat frequency?
The duty cycle used for primarily thermal effects.
What is 100%?
Three factors which affect the amount of energy reaching the tissues using electromagnetic radiation.
What are the energy output, radiation source distance from target, and beam angle of incidence?
The polarity of dexamethasone phosphate.
What is negative?
A skin condition commonly treated with UV radiation.
What is psoriasis?
The pulse duration for muscle strengthening of large muscles.
What is 200-350 microseconds?
The depth of tissue treated with 3 MHz ultrasound frequency.
What is 1-2 centimeters?
The measure of laser and light treatment dose most often used clinically.
What is energy density?
The treatment duration using iontophoresis at 2mA for a 40 mA-min dose.
Four contraindication for use of UV radiation.
What are irradiation of the eyes, skin cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, cardiac kidney or liver disease, SLE, or fever?
The frequency for Russian stimulation.
What is 2500 Hz?
What is 1.5-2.0 W/cm2?
Two physiological effects of lasers and light.
What are ATP & RNA production, collagen production, inflammation modulation, inhibit growth of microorganisms, vasodilation, or altered nerve conduction velocity?
The recommended total treatment time for iontophoresis.
What is the amount needed to delivery 40-80 mA.min dosage?
An adverse effect of UV radiation in which skin has a dry, coarse, leathery appearance.
What is actinic damage?