Comprehensive evaluations of the action of galvanic current dosages used in physiotherapy on the intact myocardium in an experiment
Mrochek, A.G.; Adzerikho, I.E.
Patologicheskaia Fiziologiia i Eksperimental'naia Terapiia 2: 15-18
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-2991 PMID: 8754137 Document Number: 468490
The most common physiotherapeutically used intensity (2.4 and 8.0 mA) and duration (15, 30, and 45 min) of galvanic current were examined for their effects on the intact myocardium in laboratory rats. These effects were found to be alterative (damaging) and directly proportional to the dosage: the greater the current intensity and duration were, the higher myocytic lesion is. However, these changes were transient and myocardial microstructural normalization was observed 24 hours later.