INTRODUCTION Haemorrhoids disease is one of the most frequently occurring disabling conditions of the anorectum. We re-present the method, advantages and results of using direct current electrotherapy in the treatment of haemorrhoids. METHODS Symptomatic grades 1, 2 or 3 internal and mixed haemorroids were treated. Exposure and evaluation was with an operative proctoscope which visualized one...

AIM To evaluate the available evidence of the effectiveness of physiotherapy for lateral epicondylitis of the elbow. METHOD Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) identified by a highly sensitive search strategy in six databases in combination with reference checking. Two independent reviewers selected RCTs that included a physiotherapy intervention, patients with lateral epicondylitis, and at l...

Citation: Boudreault J, Desmeules F, Roy JS, Dionne CE, Frémont P, et al. (2016) The Efficacy of Laser Therapy for Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Nov Physiother Phys Rehabil 3(1): 001-015. DOI: 10.17352/2455-5487.000029 001 Multiple rehabilitations modalities exist to treat RC tendinopathy, such as exercise, manual therapy, or electrotherapy. For many of the...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential current are the most used electrotherapy methods, although there is little scientific evidence to support their use. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of TENS and interferential current among patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain. DESIGN AND SETTING Single-blind randomized cont...

One hundred patients were enrolled in a multicenter double-blind study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Pain Suppressor Unit, a cranial electrotherapy stimulator for the symptomatic treatment of tension headaches. Treatment consisted of extremely low level, high frequency current applied transcranially. Pain scores before and after 20 minute treatments of individual headaches as ...

This article describes a complete prototype system that can be used in electrotherapy treatments, that is, in medical treatments involving electric currents. The system is composed of two main blocks: the master and the slave. The Master block, whose main component is a CPU, controls the user interface. The Slave block, which is composed of a microcontroller and a wave generator, produces the a...

BACKGROUND Physiotherapy is commonly used in the management of low back pain and from previous studies appears to be eclectic and not always in line with evidence-based practice. Most previous studies have been conducted in Western countries, and no previous studies have sought to explore physiotherapy management of low back pain in India. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to explore the self...

INTRODUCTION Neurogenic bladder can develop as a result of various degrees of neurogenic lesion in spina bifida. The degree of bladder dysfunction depends on the level and type of spina bifida. Due to results upon complete diagnostic protocols, treatment options are applied. OBJECTIVE Comparison of therapy results of patients with occult spinal dysraphism with neurogenic bladder that underwen...

Résumé : La navigation au sein de bases de connaissances reste un problème ouvert. S’il existe plusieurs paradigmes de visualisation, peu de travaux sur les retours d’expérience sont disponibles. Dans le cadre de cet article nous nous sommes intéressés aux différents paradigmes de navigation interactive au sein de bases documentaires annotées sémantiquement ; l’accès à la base de connaissances ...

APTA is a sponsor of the Decade, an international, multidisciplinary initiative to improve health-related quality of life for people with musculoskeletal disorders. Background and Purpose. The purpose of this project was to create guidelines for electrotherapy and thermotherapy interventions in the management of adult patients ( 18 years of age) with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis accordin...