THE PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Authors: G M PIERSOL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 January 1949THE PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL THERAPYGEORGE MORRIS PIERSOL, M.D., M.A.C.P.GEORGE MORRIS PIERSOL, M.D., M.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-1-69 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past 10 years interest in physical medicine has increased markedly. In spite of this physicians continue to show considerable scepticism as to the advantages of this form of therapy. This attitude is due in no small measure to the belief that physical medicine does not rest upon a sound physiological basis. The purpose of the following remarks is to point out that the most useful and commonly employed procedures in physical medicine, i.e. the use of various forms of heat and cold, massage, and therapeutic exercise, depend for their effectiveness upon well established physiological reactions. A thorough understanding...Bibliography1. KRUSENELKINS FHEC: Handbook of Physical Medicine, 1945, Am. Med. Assoc., Chicago, Ill., p. 44. Google Scholar2. KRUSEN FH: Blood picture before and after fever therapy by physical means, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciii, 470. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HARTMAN FW: Lesions of brain following fever therapy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 2116. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MARTMILLER JAJR: Effects of diathermy on coronary flow, Am. Heart Jr., 1945, xxix, 390. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KEMPPAULHINES CRWDHM: Studies on blood flow and the efficacy of deep tissue thermogenic agents, Federation Proc., 1947, vi, 141. Google Scholar6. HORVATH SM: Fundamentals of physical medicine of interest to general practitioners, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxvi, 605. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. LANDISGIBBONS EMJH: Simple method of producing vasodilatation in lower extremities, with reference to its usefulness in studies of peripheral vascular disease, Arch. Int. Med., 1933, lii, 785. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. OSBORNEFREDERICKS SLJN: Report to Council on Physical Medicine, Am. Med. Assoc., 1947, Nov. 28. Google Scholar9. HORVATHMILLERHUTT SMRNBK: The heating of human tissue by microwave radiation, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1948, ccxvi, 430. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KRUSENHERRICKLEDENWAKIM FHJEUMKG: Microkymatotherapy; preliminary report of experimental studies of heating effect of microwaves ("radar") in living tissues, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clinic, 1947, xxii, 209. Google Scholar11. OSBORNEFREDERICKS SLJN: Report to Council on Physical Medicine, Am. Med. Assoc., 1947, Nov. 28. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. HALLMUNOZFITCH VEEB: Reduction of the strength of muscle contraction by application of moist heat to the overlying skin, Arch. Phys. Med., 1947, xxviii, 493. Google Scholar13. PEMBERTON R: Principles and Practice of Physical Therapy, 1934, W. F. Prior Co., Inc., Hagerstown, Md., vol. I, chap. 16. Google Scholar14. COULTER JF: Cyclopedia of Medicine, Surgery and Specialties, 1944, F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, Pa., vol. 8, p. 5. Google Scholar15. MENNELL JB: Physical Treatment by Movement, Manipulation and Massage, 1947, The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia, Pa., p. 61. Google Scholar16. KROGH M: Anatomy and Physiology of the Capillaries, 2nd edition, 1929, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. SCULL CW: Massage—physiologic basis, Arch. Phys. Med., 1945, xxvi, 159. Google Scholar18. STEINDLER A: Locomotor mechanics and occupation, Trans. Am. Soc. Mechanical Eng., 1945, lxvii, 167. Google Scholar19. SIMONSKEYES EA: Working capacity in patients with orthopedic handicaps from poliomyelitis; energy expenditure in walking at various speeds and grades, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1947, cli, 405. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. DELORME TL: Heavy resistance exercises, Arch. Phys. Med., 1946, xxvii, 607. Google Scholar21. DUVALLHOUTZHELLEBRANDT ENSJFA: Reliability of a single effort muscle test, Arch. Phys. Med., 1947, xxviii, 213. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Presented before the General Session of the American College of Physicians at San Francisco, California, April 22, 1948.From the Center for Instruction and Research in Physical Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 January 1949Volume 30, Issue 1Page: 69-79KeywordsExerciseExercise therapyGraduate medical educationSports and exercise medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...