For the beauty treatment, see Electrotherapy (cosmetic).
Not to be confused with electroconvulsive therapy.
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Electrotherapy
SIS Super Inductive System electromagnetic therapy; used at a hospital in Budapest, Hungary
MeSH
D004599
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Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy as a medical treatment.[1] 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. The term has also been applied specifically to the use of electric current to speed wound healing. Additionally, the term "electrotherapy" or "electromagnetic therapy" has also been applied to a range of alternative medical devices and treatments.
^Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "The IEEE standard dictionary of electrical and electronics terms". 6th ed. New York, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1997. IEEE Std 100-1996. ISBN 1-55937-833-6 [ed. Standards Coordinating Committee 10, Terms and Definitions; Jane Radatz, (chair)]
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alternating current is by Guillaume Duchenne, inventor and developer of electrotherapy. In 1855, he announced that AC was superior to direct current for electrotherapeutic...
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of electrotherapy peaked after World War I, but by the 1920s authorities began to crack down on fraudulent medical treatments, and electrotherapy largely...
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been Guilty of so Notorious a Blunder." Franklin briefly investigated electrotherapy, including the use of the electric bath. This work led to the field...
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of the artificial insemination process Bioelectromagnetics Cranial electrotherapy stimulation Transcranial magnetic stimulation Transcorneal electrical...
in high-voltage equipment such as spark-gap radio transmitters and electrotherapy machines. Originally, the amount of capacitance was measured in number...
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stimulation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, and cranial electrotherapy stimulation. The use of such devices in the United States requires approval...
a galvanic cell, possibly used for electroplating, or some kind of electrotherapy, but there is no electroplated object known from this period, and the...
medicine as well as most forms of alternative medicine such as Grahamism, electrotherapy, homeopathy, hydropathy, and finally mesmerism under Phineas Quimby...
microdermabrasion, microcurrent (also known as non-surgical "face lifts"), cosmetic electrotherapy treatments (galvanic current, high frequency), LED (light-emitting diode)...
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