TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Therapeutic Modalities Past, Present, and Future: Their Role in the Patient Care Management Model A1 - Bellew, James W. A2 - Bellew, James W. A2 - Nolan, Thomas P. PY - 2022 T2 - Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e AB - Therapeutic modalities represent the administration of thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic, acoustic, and light energies to produce biophysical effects at the cellular, tissue, organic, and whole-body levels. These biophysical effects are aimed at achieving physiological and clinical effects that serve to maintain and optimize health.1 The terms therapeutic modalities and physical agents are often used interchangeably to describe a wide array of interventions that provide a variety of therapeutic benefits. The term physical agents reflects the use of physical energies—such as thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic, or light—but fails to include the purpose or intention of their application. The term therapeutic modalities more appropriately reflects the ability of these interventions to provide therapeutic benefits. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187660302 ER -