Electrotherapy is to use electricity for treatment.

history

In 1855 Guilyam Duchenne announced that AC may cause strong muscle contractions. Under heavy pressure on the skin raises the anode and the cathode vdlabva, causing muscle contractions. Thus began the study and application of electricity in rehabilitation and physiotherapy.

In 1940. Defense Department had the special unit investigating the application of electrical stimulation to prevent atrophy and recovery of muscle mass and strength.

In the field of cancer therapy, electrotherapy also shows good prospects. In 1959 g.bilo study published in the journal Science, which according to electrotherapy achieve complete destruction of the tumor in 60% of patients. In 1985, the journal Cancer Research (Cancer Research) published a report that talks about 98% tumor shrinkage in animal subjects on which was applied electrotherapy DC just five hours for five days.

Electrotherapy devices (devices for electro- stimulation) are also studied in the treatment of injuries and wounds, the results of which were published in 1999. And presents evidence that electrotherapy can accelerate recovery processes.

The use of electrotherapy in the field of rehabilitation:

1. Pain

- Improves scope in joint movement

2. Treatment of neuromuscular dysfunction

- Improves strength

- Improves traffic control

- Delays muscle atrophy

- Improves the local blood supply

3. Improves the range of motion of joints

- Causes stretching the tight, short soft tissue

4. Recovery of tissues

- Improves microcirculation and protein synthesis, which helps to cure the wounds

- Restores the integrity of connective tissue and dermal

5. Acute and chronic edema

- Accelerates absorption

- Improves the permeability of blood vessels

- Increases the movement of proteins, blood cells and lymph flow

6. Peripheral blood flow

- Causes arterial, venous and lymphatic flow

7. Iontophoresis

- Delivery of pharmacological agents in the dermis

8. urinary and fecal incontinence

- Tightens muscles of the pelvic floor, reducing pelvic pain and strengthens muscles

- Treatment can lead to total abstinence

Electrotherapy is used to relieve muscle spasms, prevent and delay the process of atrophy, enhancing blood circulation, muscle rehabilitation and electrical muscle stimulation, maintaining and increasing the range of motion controlling chronic and unbearable pain, post-traumatic acute pain, post surgical acute pain, fractures immediately after an operation for stimulation of muscles to prevent venous thrombosis, wound healing and delivery of drugs.

(The material is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org)