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... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy
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Electric Stimulation Therapy  

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Entry terms

  • Electrical Stimulation, Therapeutic
  • Electrical Stimulation Therapy
  • Electric Stimulation, Therapeutic
  • Electrotherapy
  • Stimulation, Therapeutic Electric
  • Stimulation, Therapeutic Electrical
  • Stimulation Therapy, Electric
  • Stimulation Therapy, Electrical
  • Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation
  • Therapeutic Electric Stimulation
  • Therapy, Electrical Stimulation
  • Therapy, Electric Stimulation

Scope note

  • Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.

History note

  • 90; was ELECTROTHERAPY 1966-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004599

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