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Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy in the treatment of impairments of health and a conditions of abnormal functioning. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "The IEEE standard dictionary of electrical and electronics terms". 6th ed. New York, N.Y., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1997. IEEE Std 100-1996. ISBN 1559378336 Standards Coordinating Committee 10, Terms and Definitions; Jane Radatz, (chair) It is basically composed of the use of electric currents, referred to by the IEEE as "Tesla currents" IEEE, "The IEEE standard dictionary of electrical and electronics terms"., in therapeutic applications.

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Historically, in its first experiments by researchers, electrical stimulation was used to activate electrically excitable tissues and read muscle and nerves. Other experiments more than a century ago, by such pioneers as Nikola Tesla Rhees, David J., Electricity - "The greatest of all doctors': An introduction to `high frequency oscillators for electro-therapeutic and other purposes". Proceedings of the IEEE. Vol. 87, no. 7, pp. 1277-1281. 1999 ISSN 0018-9219 Tesla, Nikola, "High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other Purposes". 1898-09-13. (ed., available from tesla.hu) , investigated the health benefits of this field (and what whould become known as medical diathermy). Today electrotherapy has developed into a whole area of diagnosis and treatment in physiotherapy. The various modern applications includes stimulation of tissue with the objective of healing or restoring a lost function.

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