Hello Nikki
I would be interested in the replies you get and particularly in knowing (if
people give you that information) whether an electrotherapy approach has had
no proper research evidence to support it or whether it has damming evindence
against it. I am curious about whether we are stopping using some treatments
because the manufacturers are persuading us to buy different more expensive
machines even though the older cheaper treatments have not yet been proved to
be useless. Conversely it may be that we are stopping using some equipment
because it has been shown to be ineffective.
My worst fear is that there will be very little 'proper' evidence supporting
anything and that we therefore decide to use the equipment or not to use it
simply on whim.
Could you post a summary of replies you get on the list
Many thanks
Marion Trew
Oxford Brookes University
>
> Hi,
>
> Our department has lots of electrical equipment.
>
> We are looking into the evidence to support the use of treatments
> such as Pulsed Short Wave Diathermy and Interferential.
>
> We found some support for Ultrasound, but not much for anything
> else.
>
>If anyone knows of any research evidence that supports any electrotherapy
>treatment please let me know.
>
> thankyou
>
> Nicky Mackenzie
> Snr Physiotherapist
> City Hospital NHS Trust
> Birmingham
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>
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