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Therapeutic Modalities for Allied Health Professionals

ISBN: 9780070507715 | 0070507716
Edition: 96th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw Hill (Tx)
Pub. Date: 2/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
Intended for use in courses where various clinically oriented techniques and methods are presented. Not a modality cookbook, but a presentation for the basis of use for each modality which allows the therapists to make their own decisions in a given situation. All therapists use some type of modalities from a simple ice pack to electrical current stimulations, and this title features comprehensive coverage of all the therapeutic modalities used in a clinical settings. In addition, strong textbook aids such as chapter objectives, lab activities and case studies help clarify and reinforce the material presented.
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CONTRIBUTORSXVI(1)
PREFACEXVII
PART ONE FOUNDATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES3(48)
1. THE SCIENCE OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
3(11)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
RADIANT ENERGY
3(2)
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS
5(1)
WAVELENGTH AND FREQUENCY
6(1)
LAWS GOVERNING THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS
6(2)
THE APPLICATION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM TO THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
8(3)
ELECTRICAL STIMULATING CURRENTS
9(1)
ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK
9(1)
SHORTWAVE AND MICROWAVE DIATHERMY
9(1)
INFRARED MODALITIES
9(1)
LASER
10(1)
ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY
10(1)
THE ACOUSTIC SPECTRUM AND ULTRASOUND
11(1)
Summary
12(2)
2. THE HEALING PROCESS AND GUIDELINES FOR USING THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
14(14)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
UNDERSTANDING THE HEALING PROCESS
15(7)
INFLAMMATORY-RESPONSE PHASE
15(2)
Chronic inflammation
17(1)
FIBROBLASTIC-REPAIR PHASE
17(2)
MATURATION-REMODELING PHASE
19(1)
FACTORS THAT IMPEDE HEALING
19(3)
INJURY MANAGEMENT USING MODALITIES
22(3)
INITIAL ACUTE INJURY PHASE
22(1)
INFLAMMATORY-RESPONSE PHASE
23(1)
FIBROBLASTIC-REPAIR PHASE
24(1)
MATURATION-REMODELING PHASE
24(1)
The role of progressive controlled mobility in the maturation phase
25(1)
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN TREATING INJURY
25(1)
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
25(3)
3. MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT OF PAIN WITH THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
28(23)
CRAIG R. DENEGAR
PHILLIP B. DONLEY
UNDERSTANDING PAIN
28(1)
TYPES OF PAIN
29(1)
PAIN ASSESSMENT
29(4)
PAIN ASSESSMENT SCALES
30(3)
TISSUE SENSITIVITY
33(1)
GOALS IN MANAGING PAIN
33(1)
PAIN PERCEPTION AND NEURAL TRANSMISSION
33(1)
SENSORY RECEPTORS
33(1)
NEURAL TRANSMISSION
34(5)
FACILITATORS AND INHIBITORS OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
35(2)
NOCICEPTION
37(2)
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF PAIN CONTROL
39(4)
BLOCKING PAIN IMPULSES WITH ASCENDING A BETA INPUT
39(1)
DESCENDING PAIN CONTROL MECHANISMS
40(2)
BETA-ENDORPHIN AND DYNORPHIN
42(1)
SUMMARY OF PAIN CONTROL MECHANISMS
43(1)
COGNITIVE INFLUENCES
43(1)
PAIN MANAGEMENT
43(3)
Summary
46(5)
PART TWO ELECTRICAL MODALITIES51(118)
4. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY
51(22)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
COMPONENTS OF ELECTRICAL CURRENTS
52(1)
ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC CURRENTS
53(1)
GENERATORS OF ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC CURRENTS
54(1)
WAVEFORMS
55(6)
WAVEFORM SHAPE
55(1)
PULSES VS. PHASES AND DIRECTION OF CURRENT FLOW
55(3)
PULSE AMPLITUDE
58(1)
PULSE CHARGE
58(1)
PULSE RATE OF RISE AND DECAY TIMES
59(1)
ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORMS
59(1)
PULSE DURATION
60(1)
PULSE FREQUENCY
60(1)
CURRENT MODULATION
61(2)
CONTINUOUS MODULATION
61(1)
BURST MODULATION
61(1)
INTERRUPTED MODULATION
61(1)
RAMPING MODULATION
62(1)
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
63(2)
SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS
63(2)
CURRENT FLOW THROUGH BIOLOGIC TISSUES
65(1)
PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES TO ELECTRICAL CURRENT
65(1)
SAFETY IN THE USE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
66(3)
Summary
69(4)
5. ELECTRICAL STIMULATING CURRENTS
73(61)
DANIEL N. HOOKER
PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSE TO ELECTRICAL CURRENTS
74(15)
MUSCLE AND NERVE RESPONSES TO ELECTRICAL CURRENTS
76(5)
THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION ON NONEXCITABLE TISSUES AND CELLS
81(8)
ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS: EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN CURRENT PARAMETERS AND THEIR EFFECT ON TREATMENT PROTOCOLS
89(7)
ALTERNATING VERSUS DIRECT CURRENT
89(1)
TISSUE IMPEDANCE
90(1)
CURRENT DENSITY
90(1)
FREQUENCY
91(1)
INTENSITY
92(1)
DURATION
92(1)
POLARITY
93(1)
ELECTRODE PLACEMENT
94(2)
THERAPEUTIC USES OF ELECTRICALLY INDUCED MUSCLE CONTRACTION
96(7)
MUSCLE REEDUCATION
97(1)
MUSCLE PUMP CONTRACTIONS
97(2)
RETARDATION OF ATROPHY
99(1)
MUSCLE STRENGTHENING
99(1)
INCREASING RANGE OF MOTION
100(2)
THE EFFECT OF NONCONTRACTILE STIMULATION ON EDEMA
102(1)
STIMULATION OF DENERVATED MUSCLE
103(1)
TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR STIMULATING DENERVATED MUSCLE
103(1)
THERAPEUTIC USES OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF SENSORY NERVES
104(3)
GATE CONTROL THEORY
104(1)
CENTRAL BIASING THEORY
105(1)
OPIATE PAIN CONTROL THEORY
105(2)
PLACEBO EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
107(1)
CLINICAL USES OF LOW-VOLTAGE CONTINUOUS DIRECT CURRENT
107(1)
MEDICAL GALVANISM
107(1)
IONTOPHORESIS
108(1)
TREATMENT PRECAUTIONS WITH CONTINUOUS DIRECT CURRENTS
108(1)
FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES)
108(1)
CLINICAL USES OF FES
109(1)
SPECIALIZED ELECTRICAL CURRENTS
109(8)
LOW INTENSITY STIMULATORS (LIS)
109(4)
RUSSIAN CURRENTS (MEDIUM-FREQUENCY CURRENT GENERATORS)
113(1)
INTERFERENTIAL CURRENTS
114(3)
Summary
117(17)
6. IONTOPHORESIS
134(15)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
IONTOPHORESIS VERSUS PHONOPHORESIS
134(1)
BASIC MECHANISMS OF ION TRANSFER
135(1)
IONTOPHORESIS TECHNIQUES
136(4)
TYPE OF CURRENT REQUIRED
136(1)
IONTOPHORESIS GENERATORS
136(1)
CURRENT INTENSITY
137(1)
TREATMENT DURATION
138(1)
ELECTRODES
138(2)
SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE ION
140(1)
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
140(1)
TREATMENT PRECAUTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS
140(3)
TREATMENT OF BURNS
140(3)
SENSITIVITY REACTIONS TO IONS
143(1)
Summary
143(6)
7. BIOFEEDBACK
149(20)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
THE ROLE OF BIOFEEDBACK
149(1)
BIOFEEDBACK INSTRUMENTATION
150(2)
PERIPHERAL SKIN TEMPERATURE
150(1)
FINGER PHOTOTRANSMISSION
151(1)
SKIN CONDUCTANCE ACTIVITY
151(1)
ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK
152(6)
MOTOR UNIT RECRUITMENT
152(1)
MEASURING ELECTRICAL ACTIVIRY
153(3)
CONVERTING ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY TO MEANINGFUL INFORMATION
156(2)
EQUIPMENT SET-UP AND APPLICATION
158(1)
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
158(2)
MUSCLE REEDUCATION
158(1)
RELAXATION OF MUSCLE GUARDING
159(1)
PAIN REDUCTION
160(1)
Summary
160(9)
PART THREE THERMAL MODALITIES169(144)
8. SHORTWAVE AND MICROWAVE DIATHERMY
169(32)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
DAVID O. DRAPER
PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES TO DIATHERMY
170(1)
THERMAL EFFECTS
170(1)
NONTHERMAL EFFECTS
171(1)
SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY
171(12)
SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY GENERATORS
171(2)
SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY ELECTRODES
173(7)
PULSED SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY
180(2)
TREATMENT TIME
182(1)
MICROWAVE DIATHERMY
183(3)
MICROWAVE DIATHERMY GENERATORS
183(1)
MICROWAVE DIATHERMY APPLICATORS
183(1)
MICROWAVE TREATMENT TECHNIQUE
184(2)
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FOR DIATHERMY
186(1)
DIATHERMY TREATMENT PRECAUTIONS
187(2)
COMPARING SHORTWAVE DIATHERMY AND ULTRASOUND AS THERMAL MODALITIES
189(1)
GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE USE OF DIATHERMY
190(1)
Summary
191(10)
9. INFRARED MODALITIES
201(62)
GERALD W. BELL
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
MECHANISMS OF HEAT TRANSFER
202(1)
APPROPRIATE USE OF THE INFRARED MODALITIES
202(1)
PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF TISSUE HEATING
202(1)
PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF TISSUE COOLING
203(3)
EFFECTS OF TISSUE TEMPERATURE CHANGE ON CIRCULATION
206(1)
EFFECTS OF TISSUE TEMPERATURE CHANGE ON MUSCLE SPASM
207(1)
EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE CHANGE ON PERFORMANCE
208(1)
CLINICAL USE OF THE INFRARED MODALITIES
209(1)
CRYOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
209(13)
ICE MASSAGE
210(3)
COMMERCIAL (COLD) HYDROCOLLATOR PACKS
213(1)
ICE PACKS
214(1)
COLD WHIRLPOOL
215(2)
COLD SPRAY
217(3)
CONTRAST BATH
220(1)
ICE IMMERSION
221(1)
CRYOKINETICS
222(1)
THERMOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES
222(10)
WARM WHIRLPOOL
222(3)
COMMERCIAL (WARM) HYDROCOLLATOR PACKS
225(1)
PARAFFIN BATHS
226(2)
INFRARED LAMPS
228(2)
FLUIDOTHERAPY
230(2)
CONCLUSIONS
232(1)
Summary
232(31)
10. THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND
263(50)
DAVID O. DRAPER
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
ULTRASOUND AS A THERMAL MODALITY
264(1)
TRANSMISSION OF ACOUSTIC ENERGY IN BIOLOGIC TISSUES
264(3)
TRANSVERSE VERSUS LONGITUDINAL WAVES
264(1)
FREQUENCY OF WAVE TRANSMISSION
265(1)
VELOCITY
265(1)
ATTENUATION
265(2)
BASIC PHYSICS OF ULTRASOUND
267(11)
COMPONENTS OF A THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND GENERATOR
267(1)
TRANSDUCER
267(3)
FREQUENCY OF THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND
270(1)
THE ULTRASOUND BEAM
271(4)
PULSED VERSUS CONTINUOUS WAVE ULTRASOUND
275(3)
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND
278(3)
THERMAL EFFECTS
278(2)
NONTHERMAL EFFECTS
280(1)
TECHNIQUES OF APPLICATION
281(7)
FREQUENCY OF TREATMENT
282(1)
DURATION OF TREATMENT
282(2)
COUPLING METHODS
284(1)
EXPOSURE TECHNIQUES
285(2)
MOVING THE TRANSDUCER
287(1)
RECORDING ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS
288(1)
CLINICAL USES OF THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND
288(5)
SOFT TISSUE HEALING AND REPAIR
288(1)
SCAR TISSUE AND JOINT CONTRACTURE
289(1)
STRETCHING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
290(1)
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
290(1)
BONE HEALING
290(2)
PAIN REDUCTION
292(1)
PLANTAR WARTS
292(1)
PLACEBO EFFECTS
292(1)
PHONOPHORESIS
293(2)
USING ULTRASOUND IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER MODALITIES
295(1)
TREATMENT PRECAUTIONS
296(1)
GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE USE OF ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT
297(1)
Summary
298(15)
PART FOUR LIGHT THERAPY313(46)
11. LOW POWER LASERS
313(24)
ETHAN SALIBA
SUSAN FOREMAN
PHYSICS
314(2)
STIMULATED EMMISSIONS
315(1)
TYPES OF LASERS
316(1)
EQUIPMENT
317(3)
HELIUM NEON LASERS
318(1)
GALLIUM ARSENIDE LASERS
319(1)
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS FOR LASERS
320(4)
WOUND HEALING
320(1)
TENSILE STRENGTH
321(1)
IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSES
321(1)
INFLAMMATION
322(1)
SCAR TISSUE
322(1)
PAIN
322(1)
BONE RESPONSE
323(1)
CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS
323(1)
TECHNIQUES OF APPLICATION
324(4)
DOSAGE
325(2)
DEPTH OF PENETRATION
327(1)
SUGGESTED TREATMENT PROTOCOLS
328(2)
PAIN
329(1)
WOUND HEALING
329(1)
SCAR TISSUE
330(1)
EDEMA AND INFLAMMATION
330(1)
SAFETY
330(1)
PRECAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
331(1)
CONCLUSION
331(1)
Summary
331(6)
12. ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY
337(22)
J. MARC DAVIS
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
337(1)
EFFECT ON CELLS
338(1)
EFFECT ON NORMAL HUMAN TISSUE
338(4)
SHORT-TERM EFFECT ON HUMAN SKIN
338(3)
TANNING
341(1)
LONG-TERM EFFECT ON SKIN
341(1)
EFFECT ON EYES
342(1)
SYSTEMIC EFFECTS
343(1)
APPARATUS
343(2)
TECHNIQUE OF APPLICATION
345(3)
CLINICAL USE
348(1)
PSORIASIS
348(1)
DISTURBANCES OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHOROUS ABSORPTION
348(1)
PRESSURE SORES
348(1)
STERILIZATION
349(1)
DIAGNOSIS
349(1)
INDICATIONS
349(1)
CONTRAINDICATIONS
349(1)
Summary
350(9)
PART FIVE MECHANICAL MODALITIES359(52)
13. SPINAL TRACTION
359(33)
DANIEL N. HOOKER
EFFECTS ON SPINAL MOVEMENT
359(1)
EFFECTS ON BONE
360(1)
EFFECTS ON LIGAMENTS
360(1)
EFFECTS ON THE DISK
361(1)
EFFECTS ON ARTICULAR FACET JOINTS
362(1)
EFFECTS ON THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM
362(1)
EFFECTS ON THE NERVES
363(1)
EFFECTS ON THE ENTIRE BODY PART
364(1)
CLINICAL APPLICATION
364(17)
LUMBAR TRACTION
364(1)
Lumbar positional traction
364(2)
Inversion traction
366(3)
Manual lumbar traction
369(1)
Level specific manual traction
369(1)
Unilateral leg pull manual traction
370(2)
Mechanical lumbar traction
372(1)
Patient set-up and equipment
373(1)
Body position
374(4)
Traction force
378(1)
Intermittent versus sustained
379(1)
Duration of treatment
379(1)
Progressive and regressive steps
380(1)
CERVICAL TRACTION
381(5)
Mechanical traction protocol
382(1)
Manual lumbar traction
383(1)
Wall mounted traction
384(2)
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
386(1)
Summary
386(6)
14. INTERMITTENT COMPRESSION DEVICES
392(19)
DANIEL N. HOOKER
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
393(2)
PURPOSES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
393(1)
STRUCTURE OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
393(1)
PERIPHERAL LYMPHATIC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
393(2)
INJURY EDEMA
395(2)
TREATMENT
397(1)
CLINICAL PARAMETERS
398(2)
PATIENT SETUP AND INSTRUCTIONS
400(1)
COLD AND COMPRESSION COMBINATION
401(1)
LINEAR COMPRESSION PUMPS
402(1)
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR USE
403(1)
Summary
403(8)
PART SIX MANUAL MODALITIES411(95)
15. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
411(32)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
CLAIRBETH LEHN
THE VALUE OF MANUAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES
411(1)
THE EVOLUTION OF MASSAGE AS A TREATMENT MODALITY
412(1)
PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF MASSAGE
412(3)
REFLEXIVE EFFECTS
413(1)
Effects on pain
413(1)
Effects on circulation
413(1)
Effects on metabolism
413(1)
MECHANICAL EFFECTS
413(1)
Effects on muscle
414(1)
Effects on skin
415(1)
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MASSAGE
415(1)
MASSAGE TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES
415(5)
EQUIPMENT
418(1)
Table
418(1)
Linens and pillows
418(1)
Lubricant
418(2)
PREPARATION OF PATIENT
420(1)
SPECIFIC MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
420(16)
HOFFA MASSAGE
420(1)
Effluerage
421(1)
Petrissage
421(3)
Tapotment or percussion
424(2)
Vibration
426(1)
Routine
426(1)
Indications and contraindications for massage
427(1)
FRICTION MASSAGE
427(1)
CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE
428(1)
General principles of connective tissue massage
429(1)
Indications and contraindications
429(1)
ACUPRESSURE AND TRIGGER POINT MASSAGE
430(1)
Acupressure massage techniques
431(1)
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
432(2)
Treatment considerations
434(1)
ROLFING
434(1)
TRAGER
435(1)
Summary
436(7)
16. JOINT MOBILIZATION AND TRACTION
443(36)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ACCESSORY MOTIONS
444(1)
JOINT ARTHROKINEMATICS
444(2)
JOINT POSITIONS
446(1)
JOINT MOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES
447(4)
INDICATIONS FOR MOBILIZATION
450(1)
CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR MOBILIZATION
450(1)
JOINT TRACTION TECHNIQUES
451(1)
MOBILIZATION AND TRACTION TECHNIQUES
452(22)
Summary
474(5)
17. PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION TECHNIQUES
479(27)
WILLIAM E. PRENTICE
THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION
479(3)
RATIONAL FOR USE
482(1)
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION
483(1)
TECHNIQUES OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION
484(3)
STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUES
484(1)
STRETCHING TECHNIQUES
485(1)
TREATING SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION TECHNIQUES
486(1)
PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION PATTERNS
487(14)
Summary
501(5)
APPENDIX A-1 LOCATIONS OF THE MOTOR POINTS506(3)
APPENDIX A-2 LIST OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS509(14)
APPENDIX A-3 UNITS OF MEASURE523(2)
INDEX525

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