Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : current concepts and clinical decision making in electrotherapy / Tim Watson -- Electrophysical and thermal principles / Gail ter Haar -- Electrical properties of tissues / Tim Watson -- Tissue repair / Sheila Kitchen and Stephen R. Young -- Sensory and motor nerve activation / Mary Cramp and Oona Scott -- Physiology of pain / Leslie Wood -- Thermal effects / Sheila Kitchen -- Low-energy treatments : non-thermal or microthermal? / Sheila Kitchen and Mary Dyson -- Heat and cold application / Sheila Kitchen -- Pulsed and continuous shortwave therapy / Maryam M. Al-Mandeel and Tim Watson -- Low-intensity laser therapy / G. David Baxter -- Therapeutic ultrasound / Tim Watson and Stephen R. Young -- Introduction to low-frequency currents / Deirdre M. Walsh -- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation : nerve-muscle interaction / Mary Cramp and Oona Scott -- Neuromuscular and muscular electrical stimulation / Suzanne McDonough -- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) / Mark I. Johnson -- Interferential current / Shea Palmer and Denis Martin -- Functional electrical stimulation / David Ewins and Sally Durham -- Electrical stimulation for enhanced wound healing / Tim Watson -- Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging / John Leddy -- Guidance for the clinical use of electrophysical agents 2006 / Sarah Bazin ... [et al.].