Hi!
I am a Swedish physiotherapist working with patients with asthma.
I have no experience of interferential therapy in treating bronchospasm in asthma and I think it is interesting to think of what the purpose of such a treatment could be.
Asthma is nowadays looked upon as an inflammatory disease with inflammation in the mucosa of the airways.
Bronchospasm (with wheezing and so on) can be a sign of undertreatment of the inflammation. If you treat the symptoms of bronchospasm and not the underlying inflammation this could worsen the patient´s situation.
It is therefore important to define in what situations IFT could be tried;
in an acute attack of asthma?
when wheezing appears after exercise?
- or....?
As IFT is described as a method with dilation effects on bronchial smooth muscle it is important to have in mind that bronchial smooth muscles contraction is only one part of "the asthma attack".
Treating the inflammation with inhaled steroids is often the "treatment of choice".
Comments?
Mats Arne
RPT, M Sc
Research and Development Unit for Primary Health Care
Box 547
S-651 12 Karlstad
Sweden
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Från: kulmeen chadha <[log in to unmask]>
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Datum: den 17 juni 1999 18:24
Ämne: Re: INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY
>I have also read about IFT with Asthma but know no mre about it but would
>like to
>Kulmeen
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>>From: "sood" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY
>>Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 23:45:29 +0530
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>>Dear friends,
>> I am seeking help,to know if any one has
>>experience of
>>treating bronchospasm in bronchial asthma by interferntial therapy as
>>this therapy has dilation effects on bronchial smooth muscles.I wish to use
>>this effect but seek
>>guidelines from experience .
>>From,
>>Dr.Sarveshwar Chander Sood,
>>Orhopaedic Surgeon, & Head
>>Department Of Physical medicine& Rehabilitation.
>>SBLS Civil Hospital Jalandhar city,Punjab State.India
>>Res;812/1Housing Board Colony Model Town,JalandharCity India
>>E-mail [log in to unmask]
>>
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