Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy

Therapeutic Modalities: The Art and Science

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Item:9780781757447
Pub Date:Sept 2007
Pages:399
Illustrations:279
Cover:Hardbound
Trim Size:8.4" x 10.9" (21.3 x 27.6 cm)
Authors:Kenneth L Knight BS, PhD, ATC
  David O Draper EdD, MS, BS, ATC 
This is 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.

Includes Clinical Activities Manual.


Table Of Contents


Part I: IN PERSPECTIVE
  • Chapter 1: Therapeutic Modalities: What They Are and Why They Are Used
  • Chapter 2: General Application Procedures
  • Chapter 3: Injury Record Keeping
  • Review Questions
Part II: ORTHOPEDIC INJURY, IMMEDIATE CARE, AND HEALING
  • Chapter 4: Tissue Response to Injury: Inflammation, Swelling, and Edema
  • Chapter 5: Immediate Care of Orthopedic Injuries
  • Chapter 6: The Healing Process
  • Review Questions
Part III: PAIN AND ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES
  • Chapter 7: Understanding Pain and Its Relationship to Injury
  • Chapter 8: Relieving Orthopedic Injury Pain
  • Review Questions
Part IV: ELECTROTHERAPY
  • Chapter 9: Principles of Electricity for Electrotherapy
  • Chapter 10: Application Procedures: Electrotherapy
  • Review Questions
Part V: THERAPEUTIC HEAT AND COLD
  • Chapter 11: Principles of Heat for Thermotherapy
  • Chapter 12: Application Procedures: Superficial Thermotherapy
  • Chapter 13: Cryotherapy Beyond Immediate Care
  • Chapter 14: Application Procedures: Post-Immediate Care Cryotherapy
  • Chapter 15: Therapeutic Ultrasound
  • Chapter 16: Diathermy
  • Review Questions
Part VI: OTHER MODALITIES
  • Chapter 17: Therapeutic Massage
  • Chapter 18: Spinal Traction
  • Chapter 19: Laser and Light Therapy
  • Review Questions
Part VII: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
  • Chapter 20: Differential Application of Therapeutic Modalities
  • Chapter 21: Case Studies Using Therapeutic Modalities
  • Review Questions
Appendix: Answers to Review Questions
Glossary


Content of Clinical Activities Manual


Introduction: How to Use This Workbook
DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES
  • Activity 1: Records Search
  • Activity 2: Comparing Various Ways of Providing Compression When Using RICES
  • Activity 3: Comparing Elastic Wraps and Plastic Wraps on a Spool for Providing Compression
  • Activity 4: Electrical Stimulation Electrode Application Parameters
  • Activity 5: Finding Optimal Electrode Placement Sites (Motor Points)
  • Activity 6: Comparing Old and New Reusable Electrodes
  • Activity 7: Comparing Single Use with Reusable Electrodes
  • Activity 8: Iontophoresis to Reduce Scar Tissue/Adhesions
  • Activity 9: Iontophoresis to Produce Numbness
  • Activity 10: Comparing Intensity and Duration of Heat Sensation Provided by Various Heat Modalities
  • Activity 11: Comparing Intensity and Duration of Heat Provided by Various Wraps, Plasters, and Patches
  • Activity 12: Comparing Intensity and Duration of Heat Provided by Various Sports Creams and a Placebo
  • Activity 13: Comparing Intensity and Duration of Cold Sensation Provided by Various Cold Modalities
  • Activity 14: Comparing Intensity of Cold Sensation from Ice Immersion With and Without a Neoprene Toe Cap
  • Activity 15: Comparing Intensity and Duration of Heat Provided by Ultrasound via Various Coupling Mediums
  • Activity 16: Comparing Intensity of Heat Sensation Provided by Ultrasound at 1MHz and 3MHz
  • Activity 17: Comparing So-called Coupling Mediums in their Ability to Conduct Ultrasound
  • Activity 18: What Healed the Lesion: The Ultrasound, the Antibiotic Ointment, or a Combination of Both?
APPLICATION PROFICIENCY ACTIVITIES
  • Activity 19: RICES
  • Activity 20: TENS: Pain
  • Activity 21: NMES: Tetanic Contraction
  • Activity 22: NMES: Twitch Contraction
  • Activity 23: Whirlpool
  • Activity 24: Hot Pack
  • Activity 25: Paraffin Bath
  • Activity 26: Cryokinetics
  • Activity 27: Cryostretch
  • Activity 28: Lymph Edema Pump
  • Activity 29: Ultrasound
  • Activity 30: Pulsed Shortwave Diathermy
  • Activity 31: Massage
  • Activity 32: Cervical Traction
  • Activity 33: Lumbar Traction
  • Activity 34: Light T



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