electrotherapy
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Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy as a medical treatment. In medicine, the term electrotherapy can apply to a variety of treatments, including the use of electrical devices such as deep brain stimulators for neurological disease. Electrotherapy is a part of neurotherapy aimed at changing the neuronal activity. The term has also been applied specifically to the use of electric current to speed up wound healing. The use of electromagnetic stimulation or EMS is also very wide for dealing with muscular pain. Additionally, the term "electrotherapy" or "electromagnetic therapy" has also
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- SIS Super Inductive System electromagnetic therapy; used at a hospital in Budapest, Hungary
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17 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Musculoskeletal conditions
- Neck and back pain
- Shoulder disorders
- Other musculoskeletal disorders
- Chronic pain
- Chronic wounds
- Mental health and mood disorders
- Contraindications
- History
- Apparatus
- People
- Notable historic fringe practitioners
- Muscle stimulation
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Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy as a medical treatment. In medicine, the term electrotherapy can apply to a variety of treatments, including the use of electrical devices such as deep brain stimulators for neurological disease. Electrotherapy is a part of neurotherapy aimed at changing the neuronal activity. The term has also been applied specifically to the use of electric current to speed up wound healing. The use of electromagnetic stimulation or EMS is also very wide for dealing with muscular pain. Additionally, the term "electrotherapy" or "electromagnetic therapy" has also been applied to a range of alternative medical devices and treatments. Evidence supporting the effectiveness of electrotherapy is limited (see section Medical uses below).
==Medical uses== Electrotherapy is primarily used in physical therapy for: relaxation of muscle spasms prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy increase of local blood circulation muscle rehabilitation and re-education electrical muscle stimulation maintaining and increasing range of motion management of chronic and intractable pain including diabetic neuropathy acute post-traumatic and post-surgical pain post-surgical stimulation of muscles to prevent venous thrombosis wound healing drug delivery