TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cold Therapy Modalities A1 - Fruth, Stacie J. A1 - Weir, Rodney A2 - Bellew, James W. A2 - Nolan, Thomas P. PY - 2022 T2 - Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e AB - The use of cold as a therapeutic agent has a long history, beginning in Egypt around 2500 bc.1 Cold has had many different uses since that time with application for injury management and rehabilitation becoming prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s.2-4 Although many technological advances have been made in the realm of therapeutic modalities in the past century, the use of cold (water, ice, or gel) remains one of the most effective and least expensive treatment choices for acute injury and pain management. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187660554 ER -