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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, Kenneth L.
Other Authors: Draper, David O.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2008]
Subjects:
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.