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MeSH Heading: Electric Stimulation Therapy
Tree Number(s): E02.331; E02.779.468; E02.831.535.468
Unique ID: D004599
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004599
Scope Note: Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.
Entry Version: ELECTRIC STIMULATION THER
Entry Term(s): Electrical Stimulation Therapy; Electrotherapy; Interferential Current Electrotherapy; Therapeutic Electric Stimulation; Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation; Therapy, Electric Stimulation
NLM Classification #: WB 495
See Also: Magnetic Field Therapy
Public MeSH Note: 90; was ELECTROTHERAPY 1966-89
Online Note: use ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY to search ELECTROTHERAPY 1966-89
History Note: 90; was ELECTROTHERAPY 1966-89
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24

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Concept UI: M0007223
Scope Note: Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.
Terms: Electric Stimulation Therapy Preferred Term
Term UI T014049
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Therapy, Electric Stimulation
Term UI T014048
Date06/13/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Electrotherapy
Term UI T014050
Date02/06/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Therapeutic Electric Stimulation
Term UI T014051
Date06/13/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Electrical Stimulation Therapy
Term UI T757871
Date09/16/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation
Term UI T757872
Date09/16/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011)

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