Evidence-Based Electrotherapy
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-73018-8 (ISBN)
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Knowledge that electrifies!
This textbook is a practical guide that provides physiotherapists, masseur-balneotherapists, massage therapists, and occupational therapists with the perfect foundation for the effective use of electrotherapeutic modalities. It not only delivers well-founded expertise, but also takes your therapeutic know-how to the next level clearly structured, practice-oriented, and based on the latest research.
Contents include:
- Pain, pain inhibition, and pain processing
- Physical principles: electricity, sound, laser, and more
- Modalities: TENS, muscle stimulation, low-frequency stimulation and Galvanic current, laser, ultrasound, high-frequency therapy
- An additional chapter on risk management, including implementation, sources of error, and key questions
Plus: treatment protocols and assessment forms available as practical downloadable supplementary material.
New in the 2nd edition: Updated, revised, and expanded based on the latest scientific evidence.
Pieter van Kerkhof, MSc (Physiotherapy) is a Dutch licensed physiotherapist. He is a former head of department at several Swiss clinics and has worked, among other roles, as an electrotherapy teacher and as a lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur. He has published on the topic of systematic application and dosage of ultrasound and writes about electrotherapy on his blog, Physiosupport.org.
Foreword.-Historical background.- Pain and pain inhibition.- Nerve conduction.- Low-frequency electrotherapy.- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES).- Ultrasound therapy.- Photobiostimulation (PBM).- High-frequency electrotherapy.- Risk management.-Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Approx. 315 p. With online files/update. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie | |
| Schlagworte | electrical stimulation • electrotherapy • evidence-based practice • High-frequency therapy • iontophoresis • Low-frequency currents • Medium-frequency currents • Muscle stimulation • Pain relief with electrotherapy • Photobiomodulation • Risk management in electrotherapy • Risk management in physiotherapy • TENS • Ultra electrical stimulation (Träbert) • Ultrasound |
| ISBN-10 | 3-662-73018-9 / 3662730189 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-662-73018-8 / 9783662730188 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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