RT Book, Section
A1 Bukowski, Elaine L.
A1 Nolan, Thomas P.
A2 Bellew, James W.
A2 Michlovitz, Susan L.
A2 Nolan Jr., Thomas P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180666681
T1 Hydrotherapy: The Use of Water as a Therapeutic Agent
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=1180666681
RD 2024/04/19
AB Hydrotherapy  is  the  use  of  water  to  facilitate  healing  and  exercise  and  to  enable  patients  to  achieve  therapy  goals.  The  properties  of  water  provide  treatment  options  that  might  otherwise  be  difficult  or  impossible  to  provide  with  land-based  interventions.  For  example,  in  a  pool,  a  patient  can  be  placed  in  non-weight-bearing  positions—supine,  prone,  or  sitting—with  the  use  of  buoyant  devices.  Movement  and  exercise  of  the  upper  and  lower  extremities  can  be  facilitated  in  these  positions  by  the  effects  of  buoyancy.  Water  in  the  pool  can  serve  as  resistance  to  exercise  to  facilitate  muscle  strengthening.