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Aquatic therapy refers to water-based treatments or exercises of therapeutic intent, in particular for relaxation, fitness, and physical rehabilitation. Treatments and exercises are performed while floating, partially submerged, or fully submerged in water. Many aquatic therapy procedures require constant attendance by a trained therapist, and ...
Repetitive nerve stimulation is used to diagnose neuromuscular junction (NMJ) disorders, the most common of which is myasthenia gravis. A decremental response (a smaller and smaller muscle response with each repetitive stimulus) is abnormal and indicates NMJ dysfunction.
Electrical muscle stimulation. Electrical muscle stimulation ( EMS ), also known as neuromuscular electrical stimulation ( NMES) or electromyostimulation, is the elicitation of muscle contraction using electric impulses. EMS has received an increasing amount of attention in the last few years for many reasons: it can be utilized as a strength ...
Neurostimulation is the purposeful modulation of the nervous system 's activity using invasive (e.g. microelectrodes) or non-invasive means (e.g. transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial electric stimulation, tES, such as tDCS or transcranial alternating current stimulation, tACS). Neurostimulation usually refers to the electromagnetic ...
Dry needling, also known as trigger point dry needling and intramuscular stimulation, [1] [2] is a treatment technique used by various healthcare practitioners, including physical therapists, physicians, and chiropractors, among others. [3] Acupuncturists usually maintain that dry needling is adapted from acupuncture, but others consider dry ...
The Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [1] The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among ...
(b) A functional electrical stimulation system injects electrical current into the cell. (c) The intact but dormant axon receives the stimulus and propagates an action potential to (d) the neuromuscular junction. (e) The corresponding muscle fibers contract and generate (f) muscle force. (g) A train of negative pulses is produced.
Rapid sequence intubation refers to the pharmacologically induced sedation and neuromuscular paralysis prior to intubation of the trachea. The technique is a quicker form of the process normally used to induce general anesthesia. A useful framework for describing the technique of RSI is the "seven Ps".
The TOF count (TOFC) is defined as the "number of detectable evoked responses, and it correlates with the degree of neuromuscular block, as follows: TOFC = 1 : >95 percent of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) blocked. TOFC = 2 : 85 to 90 percent of nAChRs blocked. TOFC = 3 : 80 to 85 percent of nAChRs blocked.
Neuromechanics. Neuromechanics is an interdisciplinary field that combines biomechanics and neuroscience to understand how the nervous system interacts with the skeletal and muscular systems to enable animals to move. [1] [2] In a motor task, like reaching for an object, neural commands are sent to motor neurons to activate a set of muscles ...