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PTAP 1240 ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TEST
2025




Clinical Applications for Electrical Stimulation
- produce muscle contractions
- controlling pain
- promote tissue healing
- enhancing transdermal drug delivery
- providing EMG biofeedback
Motor Points
locations on the skin where electrical stimulation most effectively causes
muscle to contract
EMS
electrical muscle stimulation
ESTR
electrical stimulation for tissue repair
NMES
neuromuscular stimulation
FES
functional electrical stimulation
TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Direct Current (DC)

, - continuous stream of charged particles flowing in one direction
- iontophoresis
- stimulating denervated muscle
Direct Current




Alternating Current (AC)
- continuous, sinusoidal, bidirectional flow of charged particles
- pain control or muscle contraction
- IFC, NMES, RUSSIAN
Alternating Current




3 Types of Pulsed Current
- Monophasic
- Biphasic
- Polyphasic
Pulsed Current (PC)
- interrupted flow of charged particles
- current flows as a series of pulses
- pain control, muscle contraction, or tissue healing
- monophasic or biphasic
Monophasic
- one phase, unidirectional
- one electrode is always (+) and is always (-)
- tissue healing, manage acute edema

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