Clinical activities to accompany Therapeutic modalities, the art and science /
Contains 34 hands-on clinical activities in which students or clinicians apply the material found in Therapeutic Modalities : The Art and Science.--Book cover.
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Baltimore, Md. :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.