Electric Modalities

Question 1

It is the application of electrical stimulation to facilitate a desired therapeutic response

Answer 1

Clinical Electrotherapy

Question 2

High Frequency Current: Frequency

Answer 2

> 100,000Hz

Question 3

High Frequency Current : WL

Answer 3

<10mm

Question 4

High Frequency Current: Clinical effects

Answer 4

Heating

Question 5

Middle Frequency Current: Frequency

Answer 5

1000-100,000Hz

Question 6

Middle Frequency Current : WL

Answer 6

> 10mm

Question 7

Middle Frequency Current: Clinical effects

Answer 7

Pain modulation

Question 8

Low Frequency Current: Frequency

Answer 8

<1000Hz

Question 9

Low Frequency Current: Wl

Answer 9

> 10MM

Question 10

Low Frequency Current: Clinical effects

Answer 10

Nerve and muscle
stimulation

Question 11

• Driving force that moves electrons or pushes charge

Answer 11

Voltage

Question 12

Materials in which ions or electrons move freely

Answer 12

Conductors

Question 13

materials in which charged particles are not free to move or do not move
easily

Answer 13

Insulators

Question 14

Unresisted movement of ions or electrons in a conductor in response to a voltage force

Answer 14

Current

Question 15

Frequency-dependent form of resistance

Answer 15

Impedance

Question 16

• Opposition to the flow of alternating current

Answer 16

Impedance

Question 17

device that serves as the interface and link between an
electrical stimulation (ES) device and the patient

Answer 17

Electrodes

Question 18

two elements of electrodes

Answer 18

1. electrode itself
2. conducting coupling medium

Question 19

Use of two
electrodes: (1)
active electrode (2)
inactive/dispersive

Answer 19

Monopolar

Question 20

Use of two active electrodes

Answer 20

Bipolar

Question 21

• application of two or
  more electrodes from two
  separate circuits.

Answer 21

Quadripolar

Question 22

to activate skeletal muscle
for improving muscle performance or strengthening, to attenuate or alleviate pain, to improve blood flow,
to decrease or control edema, or to facilitate tissue healing.

Answer 22

Electric Stimulation

Question 23

Activation of skeletal muscle with the primary goal of: strengthening.

Answer 23

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation

Question 24

Activation of skeletal muscle with the primary goal of: reeducation and retraining for
functional use and ADL performance.

Answer 24

Functional Electric Stimulation

Question 25

Activation of skeletal muscle with the primary goal of facilitating muscle contraction and delaying atrophy

Answer 25

Electric Muscle Stimulation

Question 26

Activation of sensory level and motor level (but not muscle fiber level) with the primary goal of pain modulation

Answer 26

Transcutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Question 27

Another name for uninterrupted/continuous direct current

Answer 27

High Voltage Galvanic Stimulation for Wound and Tissue Repair

Question 28

is a technique which uses direct current to facilitate the movement of ions (drugs/medicine) across the skin.

Answer 28

Iontophoresis