modalities Flashcards
(51 cards)
Most to least resistant
Bone Cartilage Tendon Skin Muscles Blood Nerve
(becareful to see my black needle)
highest to lowest absorption in protein
bone cartilage tendon skin muscle nerve fat blood
lowest to highest in absorption in fluid
blood fat nerve muscles skim tendon cartilage bone
1.abilty to store electrical charges
2. unit
- capacitance
- farad
- intensity needed by the muscle to produce minimum muscle contraction
- N
- rheobase
- 2-18 mA or 5-35 V
- time needed by the muscle to produce minimum muscle contraction
- N
- Chronaxie
- <1 ms
1.automatic rise in the threshold of excitation d/t gradual increase in the intensity of stimulus
2. Law associated in this
- accommodation
- Dubois-Reymond’s Law
- POLAR FORMULA
- associated law
- CCC>ACC>AOC>COC
- Pleuger’s Law
Resting membrane potential
1. nn
2. ms
3. heart
4. GIT
- -70 mv
- -90 mv
- -88 mv
- -56 mv
main electrical properties of a nn.
a. electrical excitability
b. refractory period
impossible for the cell to send more action potentials
absolute period
supramaximal stimulus to stimulate
Relative period
indication for monoplar technique
innervated ms
indication for bipolar technique
innervated & denervated muscles
- <2000 hz
- indication
- examples
- low frequency current
- motor purposes
- ES FES TENS
- 1000-10000 Hz
- indication
3, example
- Medium Frequency Current
- Sensory: for nerve and innervated
- TENS, IFC, RUSSIAN
- > 10000 Hz
- Indication
- example
- High Frequency Current
- Thermal
- Diathermy, US, UVR, IRR, LASER
no off time increase risk of burns
direct constant current
- transfer of drugs into the body via direct current
- associated law
- Dosimetry
- iontophoresis
- law of repulsion
- current intensity: 1-4 mA Tx time: 20-40 mins; 40-80 mAmin
Electrodes Reaction Anode
pH
Color
Burn
Polarity
NCV
Effect
Function
less acidic
pinkish hyperemia
less burn
hyper polarization
less NCV
Sclerotic (hardening)
Function: Healing and closure
Medications for anion cathode & indication
- NaCl Adhesion
- Salicylic Pain and Inflammation
- Acetic Acid Calcium Deposits
- Iodine Wounds and keloids
- Dexamethasone Anti inflammatory
- H20 Hyperhydrosis
application of low frequency current via pulsed rectangular waveform through surface electrodes to reduce pain
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- a medium frequency current burst with a base frequency if 2500 hz and a burst of
50hz - Duty cycle
- Russian current
- ms strength: 1:5
fatigue 5:1
rom 2:5
pump 1:1
a medium frequency current beat when 2 or more AC are applied simultaneously
interferential current