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Manual for Physical Agents

ISBN: 9780838561287 | 0838561284
Edition: 5th
Format: Spiral Bound
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
For introductory courses in Physical Agents or Thermotherapy, Electrotherapy, and Physical Modalities in departments of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Assisting. This text guides students through application techniques for the various physical agents. Beginning with brief general comments regarding the use of electromedical equipment, it presents a brief summary of the physics of production and physiological effects of each agent along with step-by-step instructions and illustrations on how to use equipment. All instructions are generic ... MORE
Prefaceix
Chapter 1 Guidelines for the Use of Electromedical Equipment
1(2)
Chapter 2 Superficial Heat
3(18)
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Radiant Heat
5(4)
Conductive Heat: Hot Packs
9(3)
Conductive Heat: Paraffin Bath
12(3)
Conductive Heat: Fluidotherapy
15(6)
Chapter 3 Hydrotherapy
21(10)
Whirlpool
22(4)
Hubbard Tank
26(5)
Chapter 4 Shortwave Diathermy
31(12)
Chapter 5 Ultrasound
43(14)
Phonophoresis
48(9)
Chapter 6 Cryotherapy
57(14)
Ice Packs
59(1)
Commercial Cold Packs
60(1)
Ice Massage
61(1)
Cold Baths (Immersion)
62(1)
Vapocoolant Spray
63(1)
Contrast Baths
64(7)
Chapter 7 Ultraviolet Radiation
71(12)
Chapter 8 Intermittent Compression Pump
83(8)
Chapter 9 Mechanical Spinal Traction
91(12)
Jane Wilding
Chapter 10 Electrical Stimulation
103(18)
Chapter 11 Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
121(28)
Russell A. Foley
Conventional-Mode TENS
124(4)
Low-Frequency Mode TENS
128(3)
Burst-Mode TENS
131(2)
Brief Intense-Mode TENS
133(2)
Modulation Mode TENS
135(3)
Strength-Duration Mode TENS
138(2)
Hyperstimulation
140(9)
Chapter 12 Interferential Stimulation
149(8)
Chapter 13 Iontophoresis
157(8)
Chapter 14 High-Voltage Pulsed Current
165(8)
Chapter 15 Electrophysiologic Evaluation
173(16)
Reaction of Degeneration
174(4)
Strength-Duration Curve
178(4)
Nerve Conduction Velocity Testing
182(7)
Chapter 16 Electromyographic Biofeedback
189(12)
Wendy Jensen Poe
Antoinette P. Sander
Appendix A Electromagnetic Spectrum201(2)
Appendix B Laws Governing Dosage of Electromagnetic Radiation203(4)
Appendix C Motor Point Charts207

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