Neuromuscular electrostimulation techniques: historical aspects and current possibilities in treatment of pain and muscle waisting

Autor: Di Iorio B, August Heidland, Gholamreza Fazeli, Bahner U, André Klassen, Hennemann H, Katarína Šebeková
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Clinical Nephrology.
ISSN: 0301-0430
Popis: Application of electricity for pain treatment dates back to thousands of years BC. The Ancient Egyptians and later the Greeks and Romans recognized that electrical fishes are capable of generating electric shocks for relief of pain. In the 18 th and 19 th centuries these natural producers of electricity were replaced by man-made elec- trical devices. This happened in following phases. The first was the application of stat- ic electrical currents (called Franklinism), which was produced by a friction generator. Christian Kratzenstein was the first to apply it medically, followed shortly by Benjamin Franklin. The second phase was Galvanism. This method applied a direct electrical cur- rent to the skin by chemical means, applied a direct and pulsed electrical current to the skin. In the third phase the electrical current was induced intermittently and in alternate directions (called Faradism). The fourth stage was the use of high frequency currents (called d'Arsonvalisation). The 19 th century was the "golden age" of electrotherapy. It
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