Electrotherapy Simplified
Electrotherapy Simplified
Second Edition
Basanta Kumar Nanda
BPT (Hons) MPT Lecturer in Physiotherapy Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research Cuttack, Odisha, India
Forewords
SS Rau
PP Mohanty
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Electrotherapy Simplified
First Edition : 2008
Reprint : 2011
Second Edition : 2015
9789351528609
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This gives me immense pleasure that after achieving success in the first edition of the book Electrotherapy Simplified, Mr Basanta Kumar Nanda, Lecturer (PT), Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR), Olatpur, Bairoi, Cuttack (Odisha), has taken attempt to bring the second edition of the book. The contents given in the book are very simple and the diagrams are very much explanatory which will definitely help the students of physiotherapy.
I wish the second edition a grand success.
SS Rau
Assistant Professor and Head
Department of Physiotherapy
National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Foreword to the Second Edition
It gives me immense pleasure that Electrotherapy Simplified written by Mr Basanta Kumar Nanda, Lecturer (PT), has fulfilled the need of the students of physiotherapy during the last three years and is being edited. I have gone through the contents, which has covered the entire syllabus of BPT curriculum from basic electricity to multiple choice questions with answers in electrotherapy and actinotherapy. The photographs and diagrams given in this edition are very much explanatory. I wish this new edition a grand success.
PP Mohanty
Assistant Professor and Head
Department of Physiotherapy
Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Foreword to the First Edition
Electrotherapy Simplified written by Mr Basanta Kumar Nanda can be taken as a textbook for the undergraduates and the diploma students of physiotherapy. Mr Nanda has tried to make the chapters very comprehensive focusing on existing theory and practice. The current evidences have taken a good place in this book.
The basic electricity and electromagnetism, on which the electrical modalities are based, have been well explained. The mechanism of action of the different electrotherapeutic modalities is well explained in the chapters. The author has also given simple examples under therapeutic uses of the different modalities which even a fresher can understand. The book is a much-needed response to the absence of a textbook that takes care of the students needs from top to bottom.
In my opinion, Electrotherapy Simplified has kept its name in right way as the author has devoted enough time to make the contents as easy as possible with suitable diagrams. This book will help the teachers as well as the pupils for their study and reference.
SS Rau
Assistant Professor and Head Department of Physiotherapy
National Institute for the Orthopedically Handicapped (NIOH),
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Foreword to the First Edition
Electrotherapy Simplified written by Mr Basanta Kumar Nanda can be taken as a textbook for the bachelor students and also for those appearing for postgraduate examinations. Mr Nanda has tried to make the chapters very comprehensive focusing on existing theory and practice with adequate current evidences at the right place.
The explanation of basic electricity and electromagnetism are praise-worthy. The mechanism of action of the different electrotherapeutic modalities is well explained in the chapters. The author has also taken painstaking efforts in giving simple diagrams wherever necessary along with suitable examples under therapeutic uses of the different modalities.
Let the book be a stepping stone of success for the readers.
PP Mohanty
Assistant Professor and Head
Department of Physiotherapy
Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Preface to the Second Edition
Electrotherapy Simplified, which contains the chapters on basic electricity and magnetism to low/medium/high frequency current treatments, heat and cold therapy, various action therapeutic treatments, traction and objective type questions and answers have been strengthened in this edition.
More information about functional electrical stimulation (FES) has been provided and long-wave diathermy has been added. About 50 multiple choice questions with answers have also been added. Adequate information has also been provided with practical demonstrations.
I hope this new edition will help students in a better way.
Basanta Kumar Nanda
Preface to the First Edition
Electrotherapy is one of the important aspects among the various approaches of patient management available to a physiotherapist. The use of electrical modalities in patient management has a very old history. In the industrialized world, the number of people with physical problems is increasing day-by-day, necessitating more and more advanced knowledge in the management of the physical ailments.
Electrotherapy Simplified has tried to give a comprehensive knowledge on electrotherapy and actinotherapy, starting from basic electricity and magnetism to the theoretical and clinical aspects of the different modalities applied by physiotherapists. About 200 objective question answers have been included which will enable the student to get a gist on the subject and prepare for the university degree/diploma examinations as well as PG entrance tests.
The syllabi of different universities, such as Utkal University, Bhubaneswar; Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore; Calcutta University, Kolkata; Dr MGR University, Chennai, etc. conducting BPT courses have been taken into consideration while preparing the text.
I hope my efforts will give significant benefit to the students.
Basanta Kumar Nanda
Acknowledgments
I sincerely acknowledge Dr BM Pradhan, Director, and Dr SK Das, Deputy Director (Technical), who have been giving me continuous inspirations to work more and more. My sincere thank goes to my Head of the Department, Mr PP Mohanty and Mr KN Kittur, Information and Documentation Officer, for providing me all the help, as and when needed. My sincere thanks also goes to Mr SS Rau, who has taken pain to review the book. I sincerely thank to all my friends who have provided me support in preparing the text.