Low-frequency electrical stimulation (LFES) is an acupuncture technique that replicates the benefits of resistance exercise through stimulation of muscle contraction . In skeletal muscle, insulin or IGF-1 plays critical roles in maintaining protein metabolism.
Read moreWhat is low frequency electrotherapy?
Low-frequency electrotherapy (LFE) is a noninvasive approach of delivering surface electrical stimulation, representing a functional stimulation therapy . The LFE unit has been used in this institution since 2008.
Read moreWhat is low frequency TENS used for?
Clinically, TENS is used to reduce pain at the site of injury . Systematic reviews have shown that both low-frequency TENS and high-frequency TENS reduce pain and improve function in people with knee joint osteoarthritis.
Read moreWhat is medium frequency current in electrotherapy?
Medium frequency currents are the currents whose frequency falls between the range of 1000 to 10,000 Hz . They are being used therapeutically due to their advantage of greater penetration and with a higher tolerance and comfort over the low frequency current.
Read moreWhat is low frequency current?
[′lō ‚frē·kwən·sē ′kə·rənt] (electricity) An alternating current having a frequency of less than about 300 kilohertz .
Read moreWhat is high frequency current?
(hī-frē’kwĕn-sē kŭr’ĕnt) An alternating electric current having a frequency of 10,000 or more cycles per second ; it produces no muscular contractions and does not affect the sensory nerves.
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