Electrotherapy is a physical therapeutic treatment whereby electrical stimulation is applied to nerves and muscle-motor fibres via electro-pads placed on the skin. There are different types of electrotherapeutic devices in rehabilitation clinics today, with T.E.N.S. being one of the most popular options.
2002. Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes A line from the nursery rhyme Ride a Cock-Horse: Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, / She shall have music wherever she goes. http://www.bartleby.com/59/6/ringsonherf...ide a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see a fair lady ride on a white horse; With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes.
n. An extension of the great toe, sometimes with fanning of the other toes, in response to stroking of the sole of the foot. It is a normal reflex in infants, but it is usually associated with a disturbance of the pyramidal tract in children and adults. Also called Babinski sign, Babinski's sign.. Babinski reflex-extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons.