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Descriptor English: Electric Stimulation Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia por Estimulación Eléctrica
Descriptor tratamiento con estimulación eléctrica
Entry term(s) electroterapia
Scope note: Aplicación de corriente eléctrica en un tratamiento, sin generación de calor perceptible. Comprende la estimulación eléctrica de nervios o músculos, el paso de corriente al interior del cuerpo o el empleo de corrientes intermitentes de baja intensidad para elevar el umbral de dolor de la piel.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia por Estimulação Elétrica
Descriptor French: Électrothérapie
Entry term(s): Stimulation électrique thérapeutique
Thérapie de stimulation électrique
Tree number(s): E02.331
E02.779.468
E02.831.535.468
HP3.018.129
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004599
Scope note: Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
CL classification
EC économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
MO mortalité
MT méthodes
NU soins infirmiers
PX psychologie
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
VE médecine vétérinaire
Related: Magnétothérapie MeSH
DeCS ID: 28247
Unique ID: D004599
NLM Classification: WB 495
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Électrothérapie - Preferred
Concept UI M0007223
Preferred term Électrothérapie
Entry term(s) Stimulation électrique thérapeutique
Thérapie de stimulation électrique



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