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Lead-dependent infective endocarditis (LDIE) has emerged as a serious complication of electrotherapy in the era of advanced medical technology and is a growing problem due to greater patient longevity, limited electrode life-time, an increasing number of abandoned leads, and subclinical symptoms. We present a case of dramatic course of LDIE in a 26 year-old patient in whom standard management h...

The natural electrical phenomena fascinated humans since antiquity. The electrical discharges produced by the torpedo fish were highly appreciated among ancient physicians as Hippocrates, Scribonius Largus and Galen and were prescribed for headache, gout and prolapsed anus. In the medieval period, torpedo's electrical properties were attributed to occult powers, while Renaissance physicians' an...

New developments in accelerating wound healing can have immense beneficial socioeconomic impact. The wound healing process is a highly orchestrated series of mechanisms where a multitude of cells and biological cascades are involved. The skin battery and current of injury mechanisms have become topics of interest for their influence in chronic wounds. Electrostimulation therapy of wounds has sh...

Electrotherapy devices used for rehabilitation provide an electrical current that activates sensory and motor neurons to reduce pain and improve tissue repair after injury or surgery. For most equine applications, neuromuscular electrical stimulators (NMES) are the most appropriate devices. NMES produce controlled motor and sensory responses both superficial and deep while maintaining a high le...

Plantar fasciitis is degenerative tendinosis of the plantar fascia. It is the most common cause of heel pain. It affects approximately 1 in 10 people in the world. The symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis are pain and tenderness on the inferior aspect of the calcaneum. Most of the cases respond to conservative treatment. The treatment options available are electrotherapy, manual therapy, ...

A testing procedure is proposed to reevaluate the syntactic burst in children over age two. The experimentation is based on the children’s capacities in perception, memory, association and cognition, and does not presuppose any specific innate grammatical capaciti he CHILDES acquisition of complex ‘across the board’ gra does not appear to be necessary to explain children’s behavior before age t...

Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is the application of low-level, pulsed electrical currents (usually not exceeding one milliampere), applied to the head for medical and/or psychological purposes. It is primarily used to treat both state (situational) and trait (chronic) anxiety, depression, insomnia, stress related and drug addiction disorders, but it is also proving indispensable for ...