Electrotherapy and Actinotherapy: A Textbook for Student Physiotherapists |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I STATIC ELECTRICITY | 3 |
CURRENT ELECTRICITY | 18 |
CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF CURRENT | 32 |
MAGNETISM AND METERS | 47 |
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION | 60 |
THE CONDENSER | 75 |
VALVES AND SEMICONDUCTORS | 87 |
MAIN SUPPLY | 102 |
THE CONSTANT DIRECT CURRENT | 196 |
IONISATION | 208 |
PART II | 221 |
PHYSICS OF HIGHFREQUENCY CURRENTS | 223 |
PRODUCTION OF HIGHFREQUENCY CURRENTS | 235 |
CHAPTER PAGE 21 THE EFFECTS OF SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY | 252 |
THE APPLICATION OF SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY | 261 |
PART III | 289 |
FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS | 112 |
IO PRODUCTION OF MODIFIED D C | 117 |
FARADIC AND SINUSOIDAL APPARATUS | 129 |
ELECTRIC SHOCK | 138 |
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE AND MUSCLE | 145 |
THE FARADIC AND SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS | 153 |
THE MODIFIED DIRECT CURRENT | 175 |
ELECTRICAL REACTIONS | 183 |
PHYSICS OF HEAT AND RADIATIONS | 291 |
INFRARED RAYS | 307 |
THE PRODUCTION OF ULTRAVIOLET RAYS | 318 |
EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET RAYS | 332 |
TECHNIQUE FOR ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION | 347 |
ULTRASONIC THERAPY | 365 |
INDEX | 375 |