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Diadynamic Current

Diadynamic current, developed by Pierre Bernar, is a variation of sinusoidal currents used in therapy, characterized by five types: DF, MF, CP, LP, and RS. It provides pain relief, increases local circulation, decreases inflammation, and aids in muscle re-education, although it carries a risk of skin damage due to its electrochemical effects. Treatment duration should be limited to ten minutes to minimize skin damage risks.

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Diadynamic Current

Diadynamic current, developed by Pierre Bernar, is a variation of sinusoidal currents used in therapy, characterized by five types: DF, MF, CP, LP, and RS. It provides pain relief, increases local circulation, decreases inflammation, and aids in muscle re-education, although it carries a risk of skin damage due to its electrochemical effects. Treatment duration should be limited to ten minutes to minimize skin damage risks.

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Diadynamic current

• Diadynamic current is discovered by Pierre Bernar, a French Dentist, in France, later


spread to Russia, Germany, and Poland, in the late of 1960s and early 1970 spread
to Canada and Australia.
• It is basically a variation of sinusoidal currents.
• Sinusoidal currents are alternating low frequency currents, having frequency of 50
Hz and pulse duration of 10 msec, providing 100 stimuli / sec so, it is more painful.
• There are five different currents available for diadynamic therapy.

1. DF (Fixed di-phase):

• Full-wave rectified alternating current.


• Duplicate the second half of each AC cycle.
• Direct monophasic current.
• No inter-pulse interval.
• Frequency is twice to original (=100Hz.).

2. MF (Fixed mono-phase):

• Half-wave rectified alternating current.

• Eliminates the second half of each AC cycle.

• Produce a monophasic pulsed current.

• Pulse duration equal to the inter-pulse interval.

• Frequency equal to that of the original (50Hz).


3. CP (Short periods):

• Equal phases of DF and MF, alternating without interval pauses.

4. LP (Long periods):

• It includes 10-sec phase of MF, followed by 5-sec phase of DF, in which peak
intensity is varied with a frequency to rise and then fall.

5. RS (Syncopal Rhythm):

• It comprises 1-sec phase of MF, followed by a 1-sec rest phase.

Physiological Effects:
1- Relief of pain due to
Direct mechanism
• Stimulation of sensory nerves leading to pain relief through stimulation of pain
gate mechanism.

Indirect mechanism
• Improving circulation through pumping action of muscle contraction with
subsequent removal of irritant wastes.

2- Increase local circulation due to


• Release of H -like substance due to polar effect.
• Altering autonomic activity.

3- Decrease inflammation and swelling


• Due to increased local circulation and change of cell membrane permeability.

4- Muscle re-education due to


• Stimulation of motor nerves but it is not the current of choice for
muscle strengthening

5- Electrochemical effect of diadynamic current


• Diadynamic current has relative high DC amplitude, so that there is a
significant chance of skin damage occurrence.

• Skin damage is due to electrochemical changes and changes in the pH


value of the skin.

• To keep the risk of skin damage to minimum, treatment time should be


limited to ten minutes.

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