Synopses & Reviews
Clear-cut, complete, and current, this guide blends practical application with scientific rationale in the application of physical agents as therapeutic modality. Readers will become adept at appropriately and safely employing physical agents into a rehabilitation program. More than a simplistic how-to guide, this book will challenge its readers to think critically when mapping out the best treatment options with optimal use of agents such as traction, compression, thermal agents, electromagnetic radiation, hydrotherapy, ultrasound, and electrical currents. Examination of all the most current physical agents and techniques highlighted in The Guide to Physical Therapy Practice of the American Physical Therapy Association. New chapters on physical agents dealing with management of wounds and pelvic floor dysfunction. Case studies aimed at sharpening readers’ clinical decision-making skills and illustrating techniques of applying physical agents. Emphasis on understanding the “why” and the “how” of smoothly integrating physical agents into a treatment program.
Physical Therapy students and professionals.
Synopsis
Clear-cut, complete, and current, this guide blends practical application with scientific rationale in the application of physical agents as therapeutic modality. Readers will become adept at appropriately and safely employing physical agents into a rehabilitation program. More than a simplistic how-to guide, this book will challenge its readers to think critically when mapping out the best treatment options with optimal use of agents such as traction, compression, thermal agents, electromagnetic radiation, hydrotherapy, ultrasound, and electrical currents.
Examination of all the most current physical agents and techniques highlighted in
The Guide to Physical Therapy Practice of the American Physical Therapy Association. New chapters on physical agents dealing with management of wounds and pelvic floor dysfunction. Case studies aimed at sharpening readers clinical decision-making skills and illustrating techniques of applying physical agents. Emphasis on understanding the why and the how of smoothly integrating physical agents into a treatment program.
Physical Therapy students and professionals.
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Table of Contents
PART I APPROACHING PHYSICAL AGENTS
1. Introduction
2. The Skin
3. The Circulatory System
4. Wound Management
5. Edema
6. Pain
7. Electromagnetic Spectrum
PART II THERMAL AGENTS
8. Terminology
9. Thermal Physics
10. Biophysics
11. Physiological Responses to Thermal Stimuli
12. Clinical Effects of Thermal Modalities
13. Superficial Thermotherapy
14. Cryotherapy
15. Ultrasound
16. Diathermy
17. Safety Considerations for Thermal Modalities
PART III ELECTROTHERAPY
18. Therapeutic Electricity
19. Electrophysiology
20. Clinical Applications of Electrical Stimulation
21. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
22. Iontophoresis
23. Clinical Electroneuromyography
PART IV MECHANICAL AGENTS
24. Spinal Traction
25. External Compression
26. Hydrotherapy
PART V PHOTOCHEMICAL AGENTS
27. Ultraviolet Radiation
28. Low-Level Laser Therapy
PART VI ADDITIONAL CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
29. Biofeedback
30. Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation
APPENDIX CLINICAL CASES AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS 501
Clinical Cases and Laboratory Experiments with the Thermal Agents Appendix
Clinical Cases and Laboratory Experiments with the Electrical Agents Appendix
Clinical Cases and Laboratory Experiments with the Mechanical Agents Appendix
Clinical Cases and Laboratory Experiments with the Photochemical Agents Appendix
Clinical Cases and Laboratory Experiments with Biofeedback and Pelvic Floor
Rehabilitation Appendix