PRACTITIONER RESOURCES: Papers

This study compared the effects of frequency specific microcurrent (FSM) therapy versus sham therapy in delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in order to determine whether specific frequencies on two channels would produce better results than single channel single frequency microcurrent therapy which has been shown to be ineffective as compared…

In unpublished anecdotal reports of Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) treatments during the last twelve years, one frequency combination has been observed consistently to eliminate the pain and shorten the course of shingles. That frequency combination— 230 Hz on one channel and 430 Hz on the second channel—applied simultaneously using 150…

Frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) is an emerging technique for treating many health conditions. Pairs of frequencies of microampere-level electrical stimulation are applied to particular places on the skin of a patient via combinations of conductive graphite gloves, moistened towels, or gel electrode patches. A consistent finding is a profound and palpable…

Chronic low back pain associated with myofascial trigger point activity has been historically refractory to conventional treatment (Pain Research and Management 7 (2002) 81). in this case series study, an analysis of 22 patients with chronic low back pain, of 8.8 years average duration, is presented. Following treatment with frequency-specific…

To analyze the short- and long-term effects of microcurrent used with aerobic exercise on abdominal fat (visceral and subcutaneous). Forty-two female students from a university population were randomly assigned into five group: intervention group (IG) 1 (n=9), IG2 (n=9), IG3 (n=7), IG4 (n=8), and placebo group (PG) (n=9).

There are numerous reports of positive clinical effects after exposure to applied electric fields of relatively small strength (in the 103 to 104 V m–1 range) which are variable with low to medium frequency (below 150 Hz). Effects reported include the alleviation of pain, decreased inflammation, wound and bone fracture…

Recently it was shown that extracellular ATP, acting through purinergic receptors, has many physiological functions, including opening of Ca2 ‡ -ion channels, activation and mediation of signal tranduction mechanisms as well as activation of the pain sensation. Since electrical stimulation is also known to affect many signal transduction processes as…

The cardiomyocytes of failing hearts show a significant reduced ability to synthesize ATP. On the one hand, the ATP synthesis depends on the level of the H+ based mitochondrial membrane potential which is impaired in heart failure and which in turn correlates to the electron transfer rate of the respiratory…

Frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) has been used for 10 years by numerous practitioners in various specialties (MDs, DCs, NDs, PTs) to treat myofascial pain and neuropathic pain in clinical practice (1-3). This retrospective analysis of patients treated for neuropathic pain in the author’s clinic presents a collected case report in patients…