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Interferential Current Electrotherapy

Known as: Electrotherapy, Interferential Current 
A type of electric stimulation therapy using a current produced by mixing two slightly out-of-phase medium frequency currents.
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1976-2016
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Electric Stimulation Therapy

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2017
2017
Effect of interferential current therapy on pain perception and disability level in subjects with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE To assess the short-term efficacy of transregional interferential current therapy on pain perception and disability… (More)
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2017
2017
Efficacy of Selected Electrical Therapies on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Comparative Clinical Pilot Study
BACKGROUND In the currently available research publications on electrical therapy of low back pain, generally no control groups… (More)
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2016
2016
[The clinical effectiveness of the application of interferential currents for the combined treatment of onychopathies associated with psoriasis and eczema].
The frequency of the development of clinically significant changes in the nail plates was estimated in the present study that… (More)
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2014
2014
Analgesic Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Interferential Current on Experimental Ischemic Pain Models: Frequencies of 50 Hz and 100 Hz
[Purpose] This study compared the analgesic effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential… (More)
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2012
2012
Comparison of the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, interferential currents, and shortwave diathermy in knee osteoarthritis: a double-blind, randomized, controlled, multicenter…
OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), interferential currents (IFCs), and… (More)
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2012
2012
A novel low-energy electrotherapy that terminates ventricular tachycardia with lower energy than a biphasic shock when antitachycardia pacing fails.
OBJECTIVES The authors sought to develop a low-energy electrotherapy that terminates ventricular tachycardia (VT) when… (More)
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2011
2011
Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential currents (IFC) in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain: randomized clinical trial.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential current are the most used… (More)
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2009
Review
2009
Electrotherapy : evidence-based practice ( 12 th edition )
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Edward B Clayton’s Electrotherapy and actinotherapy was first published by Baillière, Tindall and Cox in 1949, an amalgamation of… (More)
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2004
2004
Effects of electric stimulation on C and A delta fiber-mediated thermal perception thresholds.
OBJECTIVE To determine if interferential current (IFC) or transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) alters C and A delta… (More)
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1976
1976
Effects of transcrerebral electrotherapy (electrosleep) on state anxiety according to suggestibility levels.
 
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