Textbook Of Electrotherapy
by Jagmohan Singh /
2005 / English / PDF
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The book titled ‘Textbook of Electrotherapy' has been designed to cater the long pending needs of students of Bachelor of Physiotherapy especially 1st and 2nd year and also of 3rd and 4th year. The book is also useful for professionals of Physiotherapy, teachers, doctors, rehabilitation professionals, other paramedics and public in general. Not many books on Electrotherapy are available in India, especially the book which is written for the students studying Physiotherapy in India. This subject is essential and is a basic subject of Physiotherapy for the Undergraduate and as well as for the Post-graduate courses. Very few books by the Indian authors are available. A limited number of textbooks are available in the market which are suitable for the students. To avoid confusion in understanding each topic of the entire subject this textbook of 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 includes the use of sun, earth, air, water, electricity etc. Chemical means includes 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 this textbook up to date. Starting from the history of Electrotherapy to the recent advances, all the aspects have been covered in details. Glossary of terms, References and suggested readings are also given at the end of this book.
