E-Stim Learning Activity

Which form of e-stim is nicknamed "electric Tylenol"?

• Premod

• IFC

• Russian

• TENS

A soccer player sustains a strain to the quadriceps muscle group. You are trying to prevent atrophy during rehabilitation. What method of treatment would you use?

• Ultrasound and TENS

• IFC

• Stretching

• Russian Stim

• Premod

Conventional TENS uses a frequency in the ___________ PPS range with a phase duration of ___________ microseconds

• 50-100pps, 250usec

• 50-100pps, 2-5 usec

• 2-4pps, >150usec

• >100pps, 20-30usec

___________ and ___________ are 2 medications that can be combined when utilizing iontophoresis.

• acetic acid, lidocaine

• dexamethasone, lidocaine

• dexemethasone, epinephrine

• hyrdocortisone, medrol

• antibiotic creams, lidocaine

What is one of the most serious adverse reactions during iontophoresis treatment?

• Galvanic burns

• anaphylactic shock

• dermatitis

• histamine reaction

What e-stim frequency would you use do decrease pain using the gate control theory?

• 8-15pps

• 80-150pps

• 1-10pps

• >30pps

What would be an appropriate phase duration for muscle contraction?

• <100usec

• 80-150usec

• <200usec

• >200usec

What is the form of e-stim that involves 4 criss-crossed electrodes with the pain site in the middle?

• Premod

• IFC

• Russian

• NMES

• High Volt

Which form of e-stim is just a bipolar application of IFC?

• Russian

• Ionto

• Premod

• German

• TENS

Using Russian stim for muscle re-education, which duty cyle is most appropriate in the later stages of rehab?

• 5/10

• 10/10

• 10/50

• 10/30

• 10/5