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Ultratonotherapy (HF therapy)
Last reviewed: 07.07.2025
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Ultratonotherapy (Ultratonotherapy) is a method of local exposure to alternating electric current of appropriate parameters, carried out using a single-electrode method through a glass vacuum electrode, contacted to a specific area of the patient's skin or mucous membranes.
Ultratonotherapy uses a current strength of up to 0.02 mA; voltage of 4.5-5 kV; current oscillation frequency of about 22 Hz; current shape is sinusoidal.
The effect of the factor is similar to the effect of the darsonvalization method, but is expressed to a lesser extent due to the lower voltage of the alternating electric current and the lower strength of the displacement current arising in the tissues.
Main (mainly local) clinical effects: vasoactive, trophic, anti-inflammatory.
Equipment: "Ultraton-1", "Ultraton-2", "Ultraton-2INT", "Ultraton TNCh-10-1", "Ultraton-AMP", "U-TON".
The electromagnetic field contains an electric and magnetic component, it is impossible to separate them. However, certain physiotherapeutic devices are capable of generating an electromagnetic field with a significant predominance of one or the other component, i.e., predominantly an electric or magnetic field. Methods that use equipment that generates mainly an electric field include franklinization, infitatherapy, and ultra-high-frequency therapy. Methods that use mainly a magnetic field include magnetotherapy and inductothermy.
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