Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards

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Autor(a) principal: Gruber,Cristiane Regina
Data de Publicação: 2006
Outros Autores: Gewehr,Pedro Miguel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000200003
Resumo: Short Wave Diathermy (SWD) equipment is used in physiotherapy and applied therapeutically using radio frequency (RF) radiation of 27.12 MHz. This article presents the results of a survey related to SWD, showing data about the equipment, conditions of use, visual inspection and analysis of accompanying documents, having as reference the requirements of the Brazilian standards NBR IEC 601-1 and NBR IEC 601-2-3. Electrical safety tests were also carried out for the equipment and the installation. The results showed that manufacturers do not completely follow the standards and there is a lack of knowledge of these standards by the physiotherapists. Electrical safety tests presented measured values of equipment leakage current within the limits of the standards, but installation presented fails. One can conclude that it is necessary a greater awareness by manufacturers and professionals regarding the standards including electrical safety in order to assure the correct use of SWD equipment.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
title Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
spellingShingle Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
Gruber,Cristiane Regina
Short wave diathermy
biomedical equipment evaluation
electrical safety
title_short Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
title_full Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
title_fullStr Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
title_sort Evaluation of short wave therapy equipment based on brazilian standards
author Gruber,Cristiane Regina
author_facet Gruber,Cristiane Regina
Gewehr,Pedro Miguel
author_role author
author2 Gewehr,Pedro Miguel
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gruber,Cristiane Regina
Gewehr,Pedro Miguel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Short wave diathermy
biomedical equipment evaluation
electrical safety
topic Short wave diathermy
biomedical equipment evaluation
electrical safety
description Short Wave Diathermy (SWD) equipment is used in physiotherapy and applied therapeutically using radio frequency (RF) radiation of 27.12 MHz. This article presents the results of a survey related to SWD, showing data about the equipment, conditions of use, visual inspection and analysis of accompanying documents, having as reference the requirements of the Brazilian standards NBR IEC 601-1 and NBR IEC 601-2-3. Electrical safety tests were also carried out for the equipment and the installation. The results showed that manufacturers do not completely follow the standards and there is a lack of knowledge of these standards by the physiotherapists. Electrical safety tests presented measured values of equipment leakage current within the limits of the standards, but installation presented fails. One can conclude that it is necessary a greater awareness by manufacturers and professionals regarding the standards including electrical safety in order to assure the correct use of SWD equipment.
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