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Ultratonotherapy (TNF-therapy)
Last reviewed: 18.10.2021
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Ultratonotherapy (TNF-therapy) is a method of local exposure to alternating electric current of the relevant parameters, carried out by a single-electrode method through a glass vacuum electrode, which is applied to a specific area of the skin or mucous membranes of the patient.
Ultrasound therapy uses current up to 0.02 mA; voltage of 4.5-5 kV; frequency of current oscillations about 22 Hz; the shape of the current is sinusoidal.
The effect of the factor is analogous to the effect of the darsonvalization method, but is less pronounced because of the lower voltage of the alternating electric current and the lesser bias current that appears in the tissues.
The main (mainly local) clinical effects: vasoactive, trophic, anti-inflammatory.
The equipment: "Ultraton-1", "Ultraton-2", "Ultraton-2INT", "Ultraton TNCH-10-1", "Ultratone-AMP", "U-TON".
The electromagnetic field contains the electric and magnetic components, it is impossible to separate them. However, certain physiotherapeutic devices are able to generate an electromagnetic field with a substantial predominance of one or another component part, i.e., predominantly an electric or magnetic field. Methods involving the use of equipment that generates mainly electric fields include franklinization, infitherapy and ultrahigh-frequency therapy. Methods involving the application of a predominantly magnetic field include magnetotherapy and inductothermy.