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2017年1月7日—Interferentialtherapy(IFT)...ThebasicprincipleofIFTistoutilisethestrongphysiologicaleffectsoflowfrequency(≅<250pps)electrical ...

Microcurrent therapy is becoming increasingly employed in the clinical environment as a new and emerging modality (though, in fact, it is neither new nor emerging – it has strong published evidence dating back several decades).[2]

It is interesting in that it appears to break all the classification ‘rules’ that were identified earlier in the chapter. It is not delivered with the intention of stimulating nerves, but rather plays to the bioelectric environment of the tissues, and therefore has a primary effect in terms of tissue repair ([3]Watson 2006a[4]; Poltawski and Watson 2009[5]). The general characteristics of this type of therapy are that they utilise a direct current (pulsed or continuous) delivered at a very low amplitude (literally in the microamperage (millionths of an Amp) range) which is usually subsensory from the patient perspective. This type of therapy has already been shown to be effective in several clinical ...