Indications / Contraindications
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Indications
Indications for use in applying therapeutic deep heat in body tissues for the
treatment of selected medical conditions such as disorders of the
musculoskeletal system, muscle spasm, joint stiffness, contractures, and
chronic inflammatory or infective conditions such as tenosynovitis, bursitis,
synovitis and chronic inflammatory pelvic diseases.
Generally accepted indications for use:
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Pain Relief
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Reduce Muscle Spasm
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Localized Increase of Blood Flow
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Chronic Inflammatory Conditions
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Bursitis
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Decrease Joint Stiffness
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Tenosynovitis
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Contractures
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Synovitis
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Chronic Inflammatory Pelvic Disease
Contraindications
Shortwave diathermy is contraindicated if the patient
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does not understand the potential risks.
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is not able to co-operate with the operator in maintaining the proper position
and in reporting the presence of a heating sensation which is the only
indication of an adequate or excessive dose.
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is pregnant. If the device operator is pregnant, she should remain at least 5
meters away from the applicator when the unit is turned on, since the effects
of high-frequency fields on a fetus have not yet been sufficiently researched.
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does not possess normal pain and thermal sensation in the area to be
treated
.
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has been diagnosed with
Acute/sub-acute thrombophlebitis
Peripheral arterial circulatory disorders
Lack of temperature sensation (e.g. polyneuropathies)
Pregnancy and menses
Acute pelvic inflammatory disease, parametritis, endometritis
Acute periarthropathia humeroscapularis
Acute traumatic lesions, haematoma
Sudeck syndrome stage I
Febrile infectious diseases, tuberculosis, acute neuritis
Acute prostatitis
Tumours and metastases
