What are these called?!
Question: What are these called?
Okay so theres this remote that hooks up to pads. And these pads are about a 1 inch square. What these pads do is send signals to each other when they are both on your body. Its usually used for physical therapy patients, i was just wondering what there called.
Answers:
I think you are thinking of either NMES, neuromuscular electrical stimulation used to rehab muscles, or TENS, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation used to relieve pain.
I have had both in physical therapy and they can look similar.
gfeckle is right...it could be TENS or NMES. It could also be HVPC, IFC, etc. Collectively, there are called electrical modalities.
I am a PT