Welcome
Electrotherapy on the Web is a site that provides current, non commercial information on various aspects of Electrotherapy. It is not presented as a replacement for current texts but attempts to provide an independent view
of the current state of the art. There are aspects of electrotherapy that are not covered, but as time 
allows, further pages will be added and existing pages updated.
There are pages on each modality in common use, pages on research in which we are actively involved, links to other significant electrotherapy related sites and links to manufacturers pages.
The website is sponsored by PhysioMed, to whom grateful thanks are extended.
Search Facilities - NOW AVAILABLE -
In response to numerous e mails every day asking for information that IS already available on these pages, I have now included a SEARCH function, powered by a GOOGLE engine. It should be available from the top menu from all pages and the search results will appear in a new page. Interested to hear how you find it.
Ibuprofen Gel and Ultrasound Study
If you have been keeping your eye on the Electrotherapy Newsletter, you will have seen that we are conducting a study into the transmission characteristics of ultrasound gels which contain added ingredients - including Ibuprofen. We have a wide range of samples to test, but would like to hear from any therapist who uses these gels to make sure that we have covered the important ones. If you do use a drug based gel as a coupling medium for ultrasound treatment, please let us know what it is so that our research most accurately reflects the current state of play in the clinical world. E mail to : t.watson@herts.ac.uk or to A.Todd@herts.ac.uk would be great thank you.
Electrotherapy News
The Feb/March 2008 edition is OUT and will have either been delivered to your e mail or you can download a copy from HERE along with all back copies - should you want to!
NEW : Updated Pages
Ultrasound Gels and Coupling Agents :
Ultrasound for Apomorphine Nodules :
I have been working on this topic for some while in reponse to numerous enquiries, and a summary of the information that I have plus the results of a preliminary clinical study can be found HERE (or go through the MODALITIES / ULTRASOUND menu) and also download a .pdf version from HERE
Shockwave Therapy :
There have been numerous requests over the months for some updated info on Shockwave. I have a BIG pile of articles on the subject to review, but have put up some of the information whilst I am still working on the rest. You can get there through the MODALITIES pages or direct from HERE
Ultrasound and Fracture Repair - References :
I have provided a list of references (covering 2000 - 2007) relating to the effects of ultrasound on fracture repair and associated matters. Some relate to cell, some to animal and some to clinical studies, but they might provide a useful reference source for those of you looking for such material. They are linked to the Ultrasound for Fracture repair pages (link through the Modalities page) or else go there directly from HERE. Enjoy!
UPDATE : Optimising Tissue Repair Courses
I run a series of 1 day courses looking at the current issues in tissue repair and how they can be influenced by manual therapy, exercise therapy and electrotherapy. Rather than run lots of them, each for 20 people scattered around the country, I am trying (in conjunction with PhysioUK) to run a limited number of sessions. There have been several recently - in Hertfordshire, Leicester and Edinburgh. The only others to run this year are in LONDON (26th April 2008) and North West (Cumbria) (15th November 2008). Details are available from the COURSES page or direct from PhysioUK
New Electrotherapy Book
Just to let you know that I have just received a copy of the new edition of Electrotherapy : Evidence Based Practice and gather from the publishers that it is due to hit the shelf in March - not too long to wait. It is looking good (but I would say that!!!). Details are on the BOOKS page or from the Elsevier web pages (www.elsevier.com). I also have a new chapter on Electrotherapy (yes, the whole subject covered in ONE chapter . . . .) in the new edition (14th) of Tidy's Physiotherapy, edited by Stuart Porter and also published by Elsevier.
Old Electrotherapy Books
I do have a collection of text from over the years, but have a growing interest in some comparative work and would therefore like to get my hands on ANY old editions of electro texts. Rather than throw them away, leave them unused on the shelf or selling them on e-bay, I would appreciate first option. Not trying to grab them for free (though resources are limited). If you have anything that might be of interest, or know somebody else who might have, please do e mail and let me know (t.watson@herts.ac.uk).
The information on these pages is provided in good faith and should be treated as such. If you make use of the information, please acknowledge its source - I am constantly amazed to see where this information appears without reference - I have no problem if you want to use it - that is what it is here for - but please do the decent thing and acknowledge the source.
Last Updated : April 22, 2008