ActiPatch Education SMAE Institute UK Founded
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SMAE Institute UK
Founded in 1919, we are the longest running independent provider of training in Foot Health in the UK, with a reputation for excellence in teaching and pastoral support. We offer the only University Credit Rated Foot Health Course in the UK. Our FHP Diploma is Credit Rated by Queen Margaret University and carries 60 Higher Education Credits at Level 4. We are the only Institute who offer an FHP Diploma at this level.
9.30am – 10.30am Raymond Robinson MSc, BSc, BMedSci, PgCHEP,
Course Director Podiatry, Ulster University
Pulsed radiofrequency energy (PRFE) – a little known gem in the
armoury of physical therapies for MSK management?
Radiofrequency energy treatment has been used for some decades in the
management of musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. More recently, devices have
become miniaturised, portable and available in the UK as an over-thecounter (OTC) ‘topical’ analgesic for localized MSK pain and injury (ActiPatch®
BioElectronics Corporation, MD, USA).
As an acute muscle pain treatment, the ActiPatch device has been
demonstrated to significantly reduce postoperative pain and the requirement
for narcotic pain medications in submuscular breast augmentation patients.
In two chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions, plantar fasciitis and
osteoarthritis of the knee, the device was also found to significantly reduce
pain and medication use.
This talk will review the efficacy, safety and cost effectiveness of this form of
physical therapy to assist practitioners in decision making on the use of this
treatment for their patients.
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