Indications / Contraindications - Enraf Nonius Curapuls 970 Manual De Uso

Indications
Specific indications for pulsed shortwave therapy
are:
Pain with:
• Arthrosis
• Neuralgias
• Neuritis
• Vasomotoric head ache
• Post traumatic conditions
Hypertonia with:
• Arthrosis
• Neuralgias
• Reflexhypertonia
Post-traumatic conditions, for example
• A sprain or dislocation
• Contusion
• Rupture
• Fracture
• Hematoma
• A graze
Post-operative conditions, for example
• jaw-, foot-, and hip operations
Inflammation, for example
• chronic osteitis
• bursitis (possibly with calcification)
• sinusitis
Peripheral blood circulation disorders
• Decutius
• Oedema
Absolute contra-indications
• Rheumatioid arthritis
• Malignant tumors
• Pacemakers
• Pregnancy
• Tuberculosis
• Fever / acute infections
Relative contra-indications
• Implanted metals
• Serious arterial and venous circulation disorders
such as atherosclerosis, thrombosis etc.
• Heart disorders
• Acute infectious diseases, acute inflammation
• Thermic sensibility disorders
• Neuropathies
INDICATIONS / CONTRA-INDICATIONS
Unproved, largely traditional contra-indi-
cations
• Osteoporosis
• Rapidly deviding tissue
• Hemophilia
• Use of anticoagulant drugs
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