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Peripheral Stimulation Modalities

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Peripheral stimulation using therapeutic modalities encompasses a large variety of treatments to help strengthen, relax, heal, and decrease pain in patients. Modalities include low level laser therapy (LLLT), radial shockwave therapy, superficial heat, diathermy (ultrasound, shortwave diathermy, microwave diathermy), electrotherapy and massage. These modalities provide direct low-risk interventions in the treatment of pain.

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  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Adrian Darryll Sulindro

  2. Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA, USA

    George C. Chang Chien

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Sulindro, A.D., Chang Chien, G.C., Abd-Elsayed, A. (2019). Peripheral Stimulation Modalities. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_96

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