Manual of Practical Electrotherapy has been written in a systematic manner in a very simple approach for the students, professionals of physiotherapy, teachers, doctors, rehabilitation professionals, other paramedics and public in general. Recently lots of advances have taken place in the field of electrotherapy. Utmost efforts have been made to cover all the necessary aspects of electrotherapy. All chapters have been written in a very simple and lucid manner. In ancient times, two modes of treatments?Physical therapy and Chemotherapy were available to mankind, i.e. treatment by physical means and treatment by chemical means. Physical means included the use of sun, earth, air, water, electricity, etc. Chemical means included chemical agents which were therapeutically useful for clinical purposes. Electrotherapy is an ever advancing field. Recent advances have made electrotherapy very interesting, lots of new modalities have been found effective for the treatment of various ailments. Utmost efforts have been made to make the textbook uptodate. Starting from the history of electrotherapy to the recent advances, all the aspects have been covered in details. I have tried to give a fairly complete coverage of the subject describing the most common modalities known to be employed by physiotherapists. The intention is to explain how these modalities work and their effects upon the patient. In the initial chapter, I have tried to lay the foundations of the principles of electrotherapy because a thorough understanding of these principles will ultimately lead to safer and more effective clinical practice. The nature, production, effects and uses on the body tissues of each modality are explained and illustrated.

'Practical Electrotherapy' is the only book of its kind which describes how to apply common electrotherapy modalities to a patient in the clinical setting. The student is guided through the process from start to finish, covering all safety issues, contraindications and precautions.

This book presents an overview of the theoretical foundations of electroacupuncture, together with experimental and clinical evidence for the efficacy of electroacupuncture in its various forms. It also provides guidance on the effective clinical practice of electroacupuncture, illustrated with informative case histories. It serves as an excellent introduction on the subject, covering all the key information a beginning practitioner would need to know, as well as exploring avenues for advanced practice. The accompanying CD-ROM is an ideal research tool, providing searchable chapters from the book as well as an extensive database of more than 8,000 clinical trials that can be accessed via the CD-ROM or through a companion website. liThe first comprehensive overview of modern acupuncture methods for 20 years/liliClear and accessible guide to an increasingly popular form of acupuncture practice/liliDesigned for both technically and non-technically minded readers/liliProvides a basis for immediate practical application in a variety of clinical situations/liliCase studies from expert practitioners in the field illustrate the variety of possible approaches/liliOnly book on the subject to offer both practical suggestions and thorough exploration of the research behind the practice/liliBridges the gap between traditional and modern scientific approaches to acupuncture/liliSifts and sorts what is often confusing or highly technical material into manageable and practical information/liliIncludes an interactive CD-ROM containing over 15,000 references/liliFully searchable database of more than 8,000 clinical studies is accessible via the accompanying CD-ROM and website/liliDatabase includes material from thousands of studies never before available in English - translated from Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and other European languages/liliComprehensive glossary defines and explains important concepts

This book is to provide a concise easy-to-carry manual for a better understanding of regularly in use, not in use and recently introduced electrotherapeutic physical agents. Throughout my academic career and its completion, Summarized aspect of the physical agents, and even the teaching faculty find them very difficult to deliver the subject knowledge to the learners. Also, the students too find them very complex to understand the subject. This reading manual with the contents starting from the basic concepts on physiotherapeutic approach to all types of electrotherapeutic physical agents arranged in a sequence, in the most easily understandable language. Summarize the last two chapters in particular the topic on ESWT, to make the reader feel it as a special feature in this manual. Recent developments in electrotherapy to this edition will definitely be a special feature. Though most of the contents are in point-wise description, there are some in a paragraph type which are of continuous long sentences. This text will definitely prove to be good for all exam-going UG and PG physiotherapy students, practising physiotherapists as well as to all PG medical students who are interested in the fields of rehabilitation. The text includes enormous number of illustrations and photographs for the ease of the reader. The information given in this text is after a thorough review of so many readily available books on this subject. An exclusive reading list is suggested for further detailed understanding about the agents, right from the olden days to the latest available ones.