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bSchool of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; cDepartment of Adapted Physical Education, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC; dDepartment of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; eCenter for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices-IDS2B, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC  \nAbstract: Electrotherapy or electrical stimulation (ES) is a part of clinical intervention in the rehabilitation field. With rehabilitation intervention, electrotherapy may be provided as a treatment for pain relief, strengthening, muscle education, wound recovery, or functional training. Although these interventions may not be considered as the primary therapy for patients, the advantages of the ease of operation, lower costs, and lower risks render ES to be applied frequently in clinics. There have also been emerging ES tools for brain modulation in the past decade. ES interventions are not only considered analgesics but also as an important assistive therapy for motor improvement in orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation. In addition, during the coronavirus disease pandemic, lockdowns and self-quarantine policies have led to the discontinuation of orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation interventions. Therefore, the feasibility and effectiveness of home-based electrotherapy may provide opportunities for the prevention of deterioration or extension of the original therapy. The most common at-home applications in previous studies showed positive effects on pain relief, functional ES, muscle establishment, and motor training. Currently, there is a lack of certain products for at-home brain modulation; however, transcranial direct current stimulation has shown the potential of future home-based rehabilitation due to its relatively small and simple design. We have organized the features and applications of ES tools and expect the future potential of remote therapy during the viral pandemic.  \nKeywords: Electrotherapy; Interferential therapy; Neuromuscular stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation  \n1. INTRODUCTION  \nElectrotherapy or electrical stimulation (ES) interventions are noninvasive treatments accounting for physical therapy (PT) interventions with electric currents. ES is commonly used in clinical interventions for pain relief and neuromuscular applications.1 For pain relief, electric currents have been applied to treat arthritis, local swelling, and pain in ancient Greece. Currently, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and interferential therapy (IFT) are widely used in the analgesic area.2,3 Meanwhile, due to muscle contraction induced by ES, some types of ES have been used to stimulate muscles with peripheral nerve impairment, such as in cases of paralysis, in the past. In modern times  \n*Address correspondence. Dr. Chung-Lan Kao, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, [ROC. E-mail address: clkao@vghtpe.gov.tw](ROC. E-mail address: clkao@vghtpe.gov.tw) (C.-L. Kao). Conflicts of interest: The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to the subject matter or materials discussed in this article.  \nJournal of Chinese Medical Association. (2022) 85: 24-29.  \nReceived August 12, 2021; accepted September 22, 2021.  \ndoi: 10. 1097/JCMA.0000000000000634.  \nCopyright © 2021, the Chinese Medical","cbCaib1nyniOpCxB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib1nyniOpCxB","pdf",467162,"English","# Abstract\n# 1. 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