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What affect does accommodation have on the electrical stimulation of nerves?

Your patient is receiving treatment for acute pain and muscle guarding of the cervical region. He is receiving temporary relief of pain from the treatment in the clinical setting. Your clinical instructor asks you to select a stimulation unit for your patient to use at home for pain control. What would you select?

Identify the tissues as to whether they are:  Conductors of electricity       B. Insulators of electricity

The most commonly used waveform in electrotherapy to produce muscle contractions and to control pain is?

Why is it important for patients to actively contract their muscles during electrical stimulation therapy?

Labeling:  (DO NOT use acronyms, spell out the words) Name the current associated with this waveform: Identify a specific form of this current & its therapeutic application (purpose):  

What is a primary consideration when placing electrodes over bony prominences during electrical stimulation?

Crito: Socrates should/should not flee Athens.

Which of the following statements accurately describes biphasic pulsed current in therapeutic electrical stimulation?

Bart Simpson has chronic low back pain secondary to repeated injury from this job as a factory worker. He benefits from the use of TENS. The TENS setting that Mr. Simpson uses produces a visible contraction. Which theory of pain control is being utilized with Mr. Simpson?