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. The range of pages and topics continues to expand, and some of the long standing pages get updated whenever I can. There are still some new pages to write and new developments to add all the time
The website is sponsored by Indiba Activ, to whom grateful thanks are extended.
Professor Tim Watson
School of Health & Emergency Professions
University of Hertfordshire
UK
E Mail : t.watson@herts.ac.uk
More than a MILLION hits!
The website has now clocked up more than a million hits - which is not bad for a site that was originally developed as a way to help students gain access to information.
TWITTER Service
I am going to try and provide a Twitter service - letting followers know about new Electrotherapy related publications as I find them. Follow here : Follow @ElectroTim
UPDATED PAGES and DOWNLOADS :
The TISSUE REPAIR handout has been updated, a new handout on IONTOPHORESIS has been added, and the INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY and PULSED SHORTWAVE THERAPY material has been updated. Lastly, for the moment, the KEY CONCEPTS paper has also been revised along with a new version of the ULTRASOUND DOSES CHART (Jan 2012).
In addition I have added new material for RUSSIAN STIMULATION / BURST MODE ALTERNATING CURRENT (BMAC) and HIGH VOLTAGE PULSED CURRENT (HVPC) (Feb 2012). The current IONTOPHORESIS page is out of date and will be my next one to do - there is already an updated handout on the DOWNLOAD page should you want it NOW!
INFLAMMATION : found an EXCELLENT recent text which covers a whole stack of information relating to inflammation edited by Serhan et al (2010), it is listed at the end of the BOOKS page
PUBLICATIONS UPDATE :
New : ELETROTERAPIA PRÁTICA BASEADA EM EVIDÊNCIA
The Portugese translation of Electrotherapy : Evidence Based Practice is now out. Link from the BOOKS page
New : Ηλεκτροθεραπεία
The Greek translation of Electrotherapy : Evidence Based Practice is now out. Link from the BOOKS page
New : Sonography and Tennis Elbow
Now available in print (Nov 2011). Poltawski, L. Ali, S. Jayaram, V. Watson, T. (2011). Reliability of sonographic assessment of tendinopathy in tennis elbow. Skeletal Radiology 41(1); 83-89
New : Key Concepts with Electro Physical Agents
August 2010 issue (Vol 15 Issue 4) of Physical Therapy Reviews have included a review paper I have written which looks at the key issues in electrotherapy (Electro Physical Agents) and their underpinning evidence - full ref : Watson, T. (2010). "Narrative Review : Key concepts with electrophysical agents." Physical Therapy Reviews 15(4): 351-359.
New : Pulsed Shortwave - Thermal and Non Thermal Effects
A paper on the thermal and non thermal effects of pulsed shortwave therapy in Physiotherapy Research International [Al-Mandeel, M.M. and Watson, T. (2010) The thermal and nonthermal effects of high and low doses of pulsed short wave therapy (PSWT). Physiotherapy Research International 15(4):199-211.
New : Microcurrent Therapy in Tennis Elbow
The main outcome paper for this piece of research is now accepted and available. Poltawski, L. Johnson, M. Watson, T. (2011) Microcurrent Therapy in the Management of Chronic Tennis Elbow: Pilot Studies to Optimise Parameters. Physiotherapy Research International DOI: 10.1002/pri 526. Will provide full paper reference once becomes available.
New : Tennis Elbow Clinical Change paper
A further publication relating to the Patient Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation (PRTEE) assessment has just been published at : Poltawski, L. and T. Watson (2011). "Measuring clinically important change with the Patient-rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation." Hand Therapy 16: 52-57
FAQ's - Frequently Asked Questions . . .
The FAQ page covers some of the queries that I get through week on week and are largely related to contraindications and associated issues. At the present time I have info on Electrotherapy in . . . . . Pregnancy, Children, Cancer, Metal in the Tissues, Pacemakers, Haemophilia, Diabetes and Anti-Coagulants. There is more to come, but this combination covers the majority of my routine contraindication queries.
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 : May 7, 2012
