Week 11 Flashcards
Sensory nerves
goes up to the brain, helps with pain - TENS/IFC
Motor nerves
goes down to the muscles, helps with muscle contraction - EMS
What machine has a direct current?
EMS
What machine has an alternating current?
- TENS
- IFC
What type of current goes deeper into the body and has less skin irritation?
Alternating current
Which goes deeper into the body, higher or lower frequency?
Higher frequency (IFC)
Lower frequency (TENS) - more benefit to tissues
What is amplitude?
The intensity of the charge being conducted
What machines are for pain relief and which are for muscle strengthening?
Pain relief - TENS, IFC
Muscle strengthening - EMS
How does the TENS machine work?
1) Pathways
Brain doesn’t sense the pain when using but this is…
SHORT ACTING
2) Stimulates body to release opioids
–> “endogenous opioid stimulation and release” and this is…
LONG ACTING
What is lower frequency better for? What is higher frequency better for?
Lower frequency - therapy/tissues
Higher frequency - goes into body easier
Why would you use ICF instead of TENS?
1) Goes deeper into the body
2) Use it for swelling
Would “electrode over bony prominence” be a red or yellow flag?
Yellow