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Electric Stimulation Therapy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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. A type of electric stimulation therapy using a current produced by mixing two slightly out-of-phase medium frequency currents.

Entry terms

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

In other languages

  • French

  • Stimulation électrique thérapeutique
  • Thérapie de stimulation électrique

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