Low and medium Frequency Electrotherapy - Implox

5. Hypertonia of trapezius muscle (pars descendens)
Objective : tonus regulation
Patient position : prone
Electrode positions : on course of muscle
Current type : two-channel two-pole
interference, 4000 Hz
Output characteristic : CC
Frequency : AMF 50 Hz
Phase time : -
Burst : -
Frequency modulation : 80 Hz
Sweep mode : 1/1
Amplitude : sensory – motor level
Treatment time : 10 minutes
Frequency of treatment : three times weekly
6. Lateral epicondylitis
Objective : improving circulation
Patient position : sitting
Electrode positions : segmental and local
Current type : two-pole interferential,
4000 Hz
Output characteristic : CC
Frequency : AMF 80 Hz
Phase time : -
Burst : -
Frequency modulation : 100 Hz
Sweep mode : 1/30/1/30
Amplitude : sensory level
Treatment time : 15 minutes
Frequency of treatment : four times weekly
Alternative
Current type : TENS
Output characteristic : CC
Frequency : 100 Hz
Phase time : 100 µs
Burst : 5 Hz
Frequency modulation : -
Sweep mode : -
Amplitude : motor level – limit of
tolerance
Treatment time : 10 minutes
Frequency of treatment : three times weekly
7. Herpes zoster
Objective : reduction of vesicle
formation and prevention of
post-herpetic neuralgia
Patient position : sitting
Electrode positions : within the dermatome,
such that the vesicules fall
within the electrode area
Current type : diadynamic (CP, reverse
polarity halfway through
treatment session)
Output characteristic : CC
Frequency : -
Phase time : -
Burst : -
Frequency modulation : -
Sweep mode : -
Amplitude : sensory level
Treatment time : 10 minutes total
Frequency of treatment : daily
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