Electrotherapy Explained:Principles and Practice 3/e

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Therapeutic direct current 18
Ch. 3 Electrical stimulation of nerve and muscle 39
Ch. 4 Evaluation and diagnosis 117
Ch. 5 Biofeedback 134
Ch. 6 Therapeutic ultrasound 148
Ch. 7 Heat and cold 179
Ch. 8 Therapeutic conduction heating 206
Ch. 9 Cold therapy 219
Ch. 10 Electromagnetic fields: shortwave diathermy, pulsed electromagnetic
energy and magnetic therapies 239
Ch. 11 Electromagnetic radiation 279
Ch. 12 Microwave diathermy 290
Ch. 13 Infrared and visible radiations 303
Ch. 14 Laser therapy 314
Ch. 15 Ultraviolet radiation 330
Appendix A Nature of an electric current 372
Appendix B Electrolysis 374
Appendix C Description of waves 376
Appendix D Energy and power 378
Appendix E Table of small units 379
Appendix F Basic guidelines for the application of electrotherapy 380
Index 383