Electrotherapy and Pain Modulation Flashcards
What are the levels of physiologic response (4)
- Cellular
- Tissue
- Segmental
- Systemic
What are the cellular level responses to electrotherapy (5)
- Excitation of excitable cell membranes
- Changes in cell membrane permeability
- Protein synthesis
- Stimulation of fibroblasts and osteoblasts
- Modification of microcirculation
What cell membranes are excited by electrotherapy (2)
- Nerve
2. Muscle
What are the tissue level responses to electrotherapy (3)
- Skeletal muscle contraction
- Smooth muscle contraction
- Tissue regeneration
True or False:
Tissue level responses to electrotherapy require multiple cellular events
True
What are the segmental level responses to electrotherapy (5)
- Modification of joint mobility
- Modification of muscle contractility
- Muscle pumping action to change circulation and lymphatic drainage
- An alteration of microvasculature not associated with muscle pumping
- Increased movement of charged proteins into lymphatics resulting in fluid moving centrally
What are the systemic response to electrotherapy (3)
- Analgesic effects as endogenous pain suppressors are released
- Analgesic effects from the stimulation of certain neurotransmitters
- Stimulate spinal gate
What are the effects of electrical stimulation (3)
- Nerve depolarization
- Muscle depolarization
- Ionic effects
What has a slightly higher resting membrane potential nerves or muscles
Muscles
True or False:
The membrane of cells has differential permeability to different electrically charged ions
True
Is K+ easily or slightly permeable to the membrane
Easily permeable
Is Na+ easily or slightly permeable to the membrane
Slightly permeable
True or False:
The membrane is impermeable to large negatively charged protein and phosphates (anions)
True
True or False:
There are a large number of anions trapped inside the cell
True
True or False:
Depolarizing something in the middle will cause depolarization on both directions
True
Which way does the Na+/K+ pump move Na+ and K+ in relation to the cell
Na+ out
K+ in
Where is Na+ in higher concentration
Fluid surrounding the cell
Where is K+ and anions in higher concentration
Inside the cells
What is the resting membrane potential for muscle
-90 mV
What is the resting membrane potential for peripheral nerves
-70 mV
What maintains the negative resting membrane potential
The Na+/K+ pump moving 3 Na+ out and 2 K+ in resulting in a negative charge
True or False:
Larger diameter nerve fibers conduct the action potential faster
True
How fast do A alpha motor nerves carry APs
60-120 m/sec
How fast do A gamma and A delta nerves carry APs
12-30 m/sec
True or False:
Myelin makes the AP conduct faster
True
What is the AP jumping from node to node called
Saltatory conduction
True or False:
Most nerves in humans are mixed nerves leading to different nerve fibers firing at different rates
True
Where is the cell body and axon located in motor nerves
Cell body: Ventral horn or brainstem motor nuclei
Axon: Terminate on muscle
Where is the cell body and axon located in sensory nerves
Cell body: Dorsal root ganglion or cranial nerves sensory nuclei
Axon: 50% end as free nerve endings and 50% are specialized sensory receptors
What are the A alpha nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (3)
- 12-20, 72-120, Muscle spindle primary afferent
- 12-20, 72-120, Golgi tendon organ afferent
- 12-20, 72-120, Skeletal muscle efferent
What are the A beta nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (2)
- 6-12, 36-72, Touch pressure receptor afferent
2. 5-12, 20-72, Muscle spindle secondary afferent
What are the A gamma nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (1)
- 2-8, 12-48, Muscle spindle efferent
What are the A delta nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (1)
- 1-5, 6-30, Pain temperature afferent
What are the B nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (1)
- Less than 3, 2-18, Preganglionic autonomic efferent
What are the C nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (2)
- Less than 1, Less than 2, Pain temperature afferent
2. Less than 1, Less than 2, Postganglionic efferent
What are Ia nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (1)
- 12-20, 72-120, Muscle spindle primary afferent
What are Ib nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (2)
- 12-20, 72-120, Golgi tendon organ afferent
2. 12-20, 72-120, Skeletal muscle efferent
What are II nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (3)
- 6-12, 36-72, Touch pressure receptor afferent
- 5-12, 20-72, Muscle spindle secondary afferent
- 2-8, 12-48, Muscle spindle efferent
What are III nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (2)
- 1-5, 6-30, Pain temperature afferent
2. Less than 3, 2-18, Preganglionic autonomic efferent
What are IV nerve diameter, conduction velocity, and type of nerve fiber (2)
- Less than 1, Less than 2, Pain temperature afferent
2. Less than 1, Less than 2, Postganglionic efferent
What does the Gasser scheme name
Peripheral nerve fibers
What does Lloyd scheme name
Sensory fibers only
What is the strength duration curve
Graphic representation of minimum combination of current strength and pulse duration needed to depolarize that nerve
What do lower current amplitudes and shorter pulse durations depolarize
Sensory nerves (A beta and A delta)
What do higher current amplitudes and longer pulse durations depolarize
Motor nerves (A alpah and A gamma)