Clinical activities to accompany Therapeutic modalities, the art and science /
Knight, Kenneth L.
Draper, David O.
Knight, Kenneth L.Therapeutic modalities.
Baltimore, MD ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
c2008.
"This user-friendly text, written in a clear and friendly manner by leading experts in the field, is intended primarily for undergraduate athletic training students. It encourages students to understand both the how and the why of therapeutic modality use so readers become thinking, decision-making professionals. It provides the knowledge needed to evaluate and select the most appropriate modality. All major modalities used to treat orthopedic injury and pain are covered, from electrotherapy to therapeutic heat and cold to therapeutic massage."--Publisher's website.
Contains 34 hands-on clinical activities in which students or clinicians apply the material found in Therapeutic Modalities : The Art and Science.--Book cover.
"This user-friendly text, written in a clear and friendly manner by leading experts in the field, is intended primarily for undergraduate athletic training students. It encourages students to understand both the how and the why of therapeutic modality use so readers become thinking, decision-making professionals. It provides the knowledge needed to evaluate and select the most appropriate modality. All major modalities used to treat orthopedic injury and pain are covered, from electrotherapy to therapeutic heat and cold to therapeutic massage."--Publisher's website.
Records search -- Comparing various ways of providing compression when using RICES -- Comparing elastic wraps and plastic wraps on a spool for providing compression -- Electrical stimulation electrode application parameters -- Finding optimal electrode placement sites (motor points) -- Comparing old and new reusable electrodes -- Comparing single-use with reusable electrodes -- Iontophoresis to reduce scar tissue/adhesions -- Iontophoresis to produce numbness -- Comparing intensity and duration of heat sensation provided by various heat modalities -- Comparing intensity and duration of heat provided by various wraps, plasters, and patches -- Comparing intensity and duration of heat provided by various sports creams and a placebo -- Comparing intensity and duration of cold sensation provided by various cold modalities -- Comparing intensity of cold sensation from ice immersion with and without a neoprene toe cap -- Comparing intensity and duration of heat provided by ultrasound via various coupling mediums -- Comparing intensity of heat sensation provided by ultrasound at 1MHz and 3MHz -- Comparing so-called coupling mediums in their ability to conduct ultrasound -- What healed the lesion : the ultrasound, the antibiotic ointment, or a combination of both? -- RICES -- TENS : pain -- NMES : tetanic contraction -- NMES : twitch contraction -- Whirlpool -- Hot pack -- Paraffin bath -- Cryokinetics -- Cryostretch -- Lymph edema pump -- Ultrasound -- Pulsed shortwave diathermy (PSWD) -- Massage -- Cervical contraction -- Lumbar contraction -- Light therapy.
Contains 34 hands-on clinical activities in which students or clinicians apply the material found in Therapeutic Modalities : The Art and Science.--Book cover.
Physical therapy
Orthopedic surgery