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 of a comprehensive, successful physical therapy treatment program. Explore MORE online at DavisPlus! The Plus Code, inside new, printed texts, unlocks your Davis Digital Version, your complete text online.

Unit 1 The Concept of Adjunctive Therapies 1. Evidence-Based Practice with Physical Agents 2. Tissue Response to Injury 3. Patient Responses to Therapeutic Interventions Unit 2 Thermal and Mechanical Agents 4. Therapeutic Heat and Cold 5. Therapeutic Ultrasound and Phonophoresis 6. Aquatics and Hydrotherapy 7. Soft Tissue Treatment Techniques: Traction 8. Soft Tissue Management Techniques: Compression and Edema Management 9. Soft Tissue Management Techniques: Massage 10. Electromagnetic Radiation: Diathermy, Ultraviolet, and Laser Unit 3 Electrical Stimulation for Therapeutic Treatment Goals 11. Foundations of Electrical Stimulation and Iontophoresis 12. Electrodes and Lead Wires: Material and Care 13. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation 14. Electrical Stimulation for Tissue Repair 15. Pain Management with Electrical Stimulation 16. Interferential Current Therapy in Clinical Practice Unit 4 Comprehensive Approach to Treatment 17. Integration of Physical Agents: Clinical Decision Making