Electrotherapy 1 Gold Rank Flashcards
Coulomb’s law
Force of interaction between the two charges
Directly proportional to product of charges
Indirectly proportional to square of distance
ability to hold electrical charge
Capacitance
flow of electrons in a conducting medium
Current Intensity
driving force of electrons that pushes electrons
Voltage
opposes the flow of current
Resistance
unit for capacitance
farads
unit voltage
volts
unit for current intensity
Amperes
unit for resistance
Ohm
Frequency is inversely proportional to wavelength
True
Wiend’s Law
wavelength is inversely proportional to temp
Modalites of low freq ES
TENS
NMES
modalities of medium freq ES
IFC
Russian
modalities of high freq ES
US
Diathermy
IRR
UVR
frequency of low frequency ES
1-1000/1-2000 Hz
frequency of medium frequency ES
1000-10000/3000-6000 Hz
frequency of high frequency ES
> 10,000 Hz
electrode size of monopolar ES
unequal (active is smaller)
electrode size of bipolar ES
equal
electrode size of quadripolar ES
equal
indication of monopolar ES
innervated ms
small ms
indication of bipolar ES
denervated ms
large ms
indication of quadripolar ES
TENS/IFC
current amplitude of direct constant (galvanic current) ES
1-4 mA
Rx duration of direct constant (galvanic current) ES
20-40 mins
Total current delivered in direct constant ES
40-80 mA/mins
Cathode pH reaction
alkalinic
Anode pH reaction
acidic