RT Book, Section
A1 Bellew, James W.
A1 Michlovitz, Susan L.
A1 Nolan Jr., Thomas P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135305879
T1 Preface to the First Edition
T2 Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 6e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803645639
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135305879
RD 2024/04/20
AB Thermal  agents  are  used  in  physical  therapy  and  rehabilitation  to  reduce  pain,  to  enhance  healing,  and  to  improve  motion.  The  physical  therapist  should  have  a  solid  foundation  in  the  normal  physiologic  control  of  the  cardiovascular  and  neuromuscular  systems  prior  to  using  an  agent  that  can  alter  the  function  of  these  structures.  In  addition,  a  background  in  the  physiology  of  healing  mechanisms  and  of  pain  serves  as  a  basis  for  the  rationale  of  using  thermal  agents.