What Is Interrupted Galvanic Current

In an Interrupted Galvanic current, pulses are series of ongoing square pulses. The duration and frequency of impulses can be adjusted; duration of 100 ms is being commonly used. It is often an advantage to increase this to 300 or 600ms.

What is interrupted direct current?

Faradic is an interrupted direct current that has a frequency of 50:100Hz with a pulse duration from 0.1-1MS. This frequency and duration cause contraction and relaxation in innervated (nerves intact) muscles.

What is the difference between Faradic current and galvanic current?

A faradic type current is a short duration interrupted direct current. They have a pulse duration of 0.1 to 1 ms and a frequency of 50 to 100 Hz. … A Galvanic type current is a long duration interrupted direct current.

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