Therapeutic Modalities: The Art and the ScienceThis user-friendly text, written in a clear and friendly manner by leading experts in the field, is intended primarily for undergraduate athletic training students. It encourages students to understand both the how and the why of therapeutic modality use so readers become thinking, decision-making professionals. It provides the knowledge needed to evaluate and select the most appropriate modality. All major modalities used to treat orthopedic injury and pain are covered, from electrotherapy to therapeutic heat and cold to therapeutic massage. |
Contents
Contents | 2 |
General Application Procedures | 20 |
Injury Record Keeping | 28 |
Review Questions | 35 |
Immediate Care of Acute Orthopedic Injuries | 54 |
The Healing Process | 86 |
Review Questions | 94 |
Relieving Orthopedic Injury Pain | 113 |
Cryotherapy Beyond Immediate Care | 215 |
PostImmediate Care Cryotherapy | 238 |
Therapeutic Ultrasound | 254 |
Diathermy | 284 |
Review Questions | 301 |
Other Modalities | 308 |
Spinal Traction | 319 |
Laser and Light Therapy by Kenneth L Knight and Ty Hopkins | 334 |
Common terms and phrases
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