title: Electrotherapy: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
abstract: The use of electrotherapy has been part of physical therapy treatment for the past few decades. There have been numerous modalities used such as TENS, interferential, diathermy, magnetic therapy, ultrasound, laser and surface electromyography to name a few. There has been an upsurge in the past decade of new and innovative modalities. There needs to be extensive research on each of these electrotherapy devices to determine the proper use of each device.
authors.affiliation: National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Ramat Gan, Israel. tikoti@netvision.net.il
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiktinsky
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narayan
mesh_terms: D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D055909:Magnetic Field Therapy / Q000379:methods