TY - JOUR
AU - Kahn,, Joseph
AB - To the Editor: I think one of the speakers did a grave injustice to iontophoresis when, at the recent Annual Conference in Washington, he alluded to the great dangers of this modality in terms of “burning the hell out of a patient” and “placing an electrode on a patient, going out for a beer, and returning to find a burn.” In the first place, what competent practitioner “goes out for a beer” while treating a patient? Secondly, the minor burns occasionally incurred with iontophoresis can hardly be described as “burning the hell out of patients!” Burns of this type are certainly no more hazardous than the untoward results of other modalities, such as periosteal burns from ultrasound, heat burns from overzealous use of hot packs and infrared lamps, or diathermy contact lesions. I daresay even mobilization has produced a share of the problem too.… This content is only available as a PDF. © 1981 American Physical Therapy Association
TI - Stinging Remarks
JF - Physical Therapy
DO - 10.1093/ptj/61.10.1493a
DA - 1981-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/stinging-remarks-6hT0DQvk3q
SP - 1493
EP - 1493
VL - 61
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -