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Microcurrents
Compared with conventional electrostimulation, which uses electrical current in the
milliampere (mA) range, microcurrent electrostimulation uses currents whose
intensity is included between 10 and 500 µA (microamperes,i.e. an ampere
millionth). Numerous studies showed that the currents in microamperes are the ones
that increase the APT synthesis.
Usually the MENS therapy has two different phases, the first one has the aim to
reduce the pain sensation perceived from the patient, while the second one
promotes the protein and APT synthesis, accelerating the tissue reparative
processes. Usually the treatment duration is included between 15 and 30 minutes as
for the first phase and between 5 and 10 minutes as for the second phase. MENS
are an interesting instrumental therapy that can be used in many pathologies, and
the use of MENS together with other instrumental therapies such as for example laser
and TENS can provide excellent clinic results that are usually difficulty to reach.
Ionophoresis
Ionophoresis is an electrotherapy form that acts transmitting pharmacological
substances inside the tissue thanks to a continuous electric current of unidirectional
type.
Ionophoresis bases on the capacity of ionic dissociation of some medicated
substances, of very low molecular weight, after being dissolved in water.
It is really important to know that the active part of the medicine has, after being
dissociated under ionic form, positive or negative charge, with the aim to place it
correctly according to the direction of the electric flux.
The ions of the medicated substance are transmitted inside the organism through
cutaneous areas that oppose a low resistance to the current reaching in this way
the cellular membranes that are thereby electrically modified.
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