Physical agents: theory and practice
Written specifically for PTAs!Develop the clinical decision-making skills you need to be a successful PTA. This easy-to-follow approach helps you learn how to successfully relate thermal, mechanical, and electrical modalities with specific therapeutic goals while understanding all of the physiologic ramifications. Drawing from the APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, this text will enable you to make the connection between a modality and the appropriate treatment interventions as part o…
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- Full title :Physical agents : theory and practice / Barbara J. Behrens, PTA, MS, Coordinator, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ, Holly Beinert, PT, MPT, Clinical Coordinator, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ.
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Written specifically for PTAs!Develop the clinical decision-making skills you need to be a successful PTA. This easy-to-follow approach helps you learn how to successfully relate thermal, mechanical, and electrical modalities with specific therapeutic goals while understanding all of the physiologic ramifications. Drawing from the APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, this text will enable you to make the connection between a modality and the appropriate treatment interventions as part of a comprehensive, successful physical therapy treatment program.
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- Publication Date:©2014
- Edition:Third edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):F.A. Davis
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 454 pages) : : color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780803640801, 0803640803
- oclc:on1137317245
- LC Classification:RM700
- Dewey Decimal:615.8/2
Table of Contents
Evidence-based practice with physical agents -- Tissue response to injury -- Patient responses to therapeutic interventions -- Therapeutic heat and cold -- Therapeutic ultrasound and phonophoresis -- Aquatics and hydrotherapy -- Soft tissue treatment techniques: traction -- Soft tissue management techniques: compression and edema management -- Soft tissue management techniques: massage -- Electromagnetic radiation: diathermy, ultraviolet, and laser -- Foundations of electrical stimulation and iontophoresis -- Electrodes and lead wires: material and care -- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation -- Electrical stimulation for tissue repair -- Pain management with electrical stimulation -- Interferential current therapy in clinical practice -- Integration of physical agents: clinical decision-making.
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