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. 2014 Sep 30;1(1):22-31.
doi: 10.3390/medicines1010022.

RegentK and Physiotherapy-Electrodermal Mapping

Gerhard Litscher  1 , Daniela Litscher  2 , Michael Ofner  3 , Ingrid Gaischek  4 , Daniela-Eugenia Malliga  5
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RegentK and Physiotherapy-Electrodermal Mapping

Gerhard Litscher et al. Medicines (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Within this study, a new system which measures and analyzes electrical skin impedance in 48 channels within a 2.5 × 3.5 cm matrix is used in rehabilitation medicine for the first time. Methods: Electrodermal activity was measured in 20 patients before and after two different non-surgical treatments of a completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. The first treatment, RegentK, was developed by Mohamed Khalifa, the second is a standard physiotherapy. Results: The patients in the two groups were age-matched, and all demographic data showed no significant differences. It was interesting that electrodermal activity was significantly decreased only after RegentK. Conclusion: We conclude that not only local effects of pressure application are responsible for these results, rather as yet unknown neurovegetative mechanisms have to be taken into consideration.

Keywords: Khalifa therapy; RegentK; anterior cruciate ligament; electrical skin resistance; electrodermal mapping; physiotherapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Sensor part of the measurement system for electrodermal mapping.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Application of the GEDIS system with a contact pressure of 15 N. The grounding electrode can be seen on the right.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Graphical presentation of the changes in electrodermal activity on the lateral measurement position of the injured and control knee after RegentK (left) and physiotherapy (right).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Changes in skin resistance on the medial side of the knee ((left) RegentK; (right) physiotherapy).
Figure 5
Figure 5
Changes in electrodermal activity on the frontal site.
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