Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation - William Prentice

Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation

Buch | Hardcover
608 Seiten
2005 | 3rd edition
McGraw-Hill Medical (Verlag)
978-0-07-144123-0 (ISBN)
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Covering topics ranging from electrotherapies through spinal traction, this illustrated text gives coverage of treatment modalities available to the therapist. It is suitable for students and practitioners who need expert guidance in understanding and applying the broad range of available therapies.
"Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation Third Edition" by William E. Prentice, PhD, PT, ATC. Covering everything from electrotherapies through spinal traction, this well-illustrated text brings you the most comprehensive coverage of treatment modalities available to the therapist. It is perfect for students and practitioners who need expert guidance in understanding and applying the broad range of available therapies. It has comprehensive coverage of treatment options, with accompanying laboratory exercises for each modality, plus expert practical application guidance, extensive illustrations, evidence-based reporting on results, and a wealth of tools that make learning easier."Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation" has the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date coverage available in a textbook.
This book features: Practical, expert guidance on all leading modalities; theoretically based but practically oriented; evidence-based concepts, principles, and theories; laboratory exercises accompanying each chapter help guide setup and application of modalities; case studies show how a modality can be applied to a specific patient; coverage of modalities, including shortwave and microwave diathermy, iontophoresis, ultraviolet therapy, infrared, intermittent compression devices, and therapeutic massage; critically-praised chapters on pain management and the healing process; indicates the physiologic effects and benefits of each modality; highlighted treatment tips; and a variety of learning tools, including chapter objectives, definitions in text margins, and review questions at the end of each chapter.It includes helpful appendices with illustrated locations of motor points, equipment manufacturers' and distributors' addresses, and units of measurement. New in the third edition are: chapter on Wound Healing; chapter on Electrodiagnostic Testing; chapter on Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy; and added coverage of Geriatric and Neurologic Populations. William E.Prentice, Ph.D.,
PT, ATC, is a Professor of exercise and sport science and coordinator of the sports medicine specialization at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Dr. William Prentice is Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Coordinator of the Sports Medicine Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also serves as the Director of the NATA approved Graduate Athletic Training Education Program. He received his BS and MS from the University of Delaware and his Ph.D. in Sports Medicine and Applied Physiology from the University of Virginia. He also has a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of North Carolina. He is a Certified Member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association and has received the Sayers A. "Bud" Miller Distinguished Athletic Trainer Educator Award and the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the NATA. In 2004 he was inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame. Dr. Prentice served as the Athletic Trainer for the Women's Soccer Program, which has won eighteen NCAA National Championships. He teaches graduate courses in sports medicine and athletic training. Dr. Prentice is the author of nine best-selling texts in athletic training, sports medicine, and health-related fitness.

PART ONE FOUNDATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES1. THE SCIENCE OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES byWILLIAM E. PRENTICE2. THE HEALING PROCESS AND GUIDELINES FOR USINGTHERAPEUTIC MODALITIES by WILLIAM E. PRENTICE3. THE ROLE OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES IN WOUND HEALING by PAMELA E. HOUGHTON4. MANAGING PAIN WITH THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES by CRAIG R. DENEGAR and PHILLIP B. DONLEYPART TWO ELECTRICAL MODALITIES5. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRICITY by WILLIAM E. PRENTICE6. ELECTRICAL STIMULATING CURRENTS by DANIEL N. HOOKER7. IONTOPHORESIS by WILLIAM E. PRENTICE8. BIOFEEDBACK by WILLIAM E. PRENTICE9. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC EVALUATIONAND TESTING by JOHN HALLE and DAVID GREATHOUSEPART THREE THERMAL MODALITIES10. SHORTWAVE AND MICROWAVE DIATHERMY by WILLIAM E. PRENTICE and DAVID O. DRAPER11. INFRARED MODALITIES by GERALD W. BELL and WILLIAM E. PRENTICE12. THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND by DAVID O. DRAPER and WILLIAM E. PRENTICEPART FOUR LIGHT THERAPY13. LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY by ETHAN SALIBA and SUSAN FOREMAN-SALIBA14. ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY by J. MARC DAVISPART FIVE MECHANICAL MODALITIES15. SPINAL TRACTION by DANIEL N. HOOKER16. INTERMITTENT COMPRESSION DEVICES by DANIEL N. HOOKERPART SIX OTHER MODALITIES17. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE by WILLIAM E. PRENTICE and CLAIRBETH LEHN18. EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY by CHARLES THIGPENPART SEVEN SUMMARY19. THE PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF THERAPEUTIC MODALITYINTERVENTION ON THE BODY SYSTEMS by ERIC SHAMUS and STANLEY H. WILSONAPPENDIX A-1. LOCATIONS OF THE MOTOR POINTSAPPENDIX A-2. UNITS OF MEASURE

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Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete
Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie
ISBN-10 0-07-144123-9 / 0071441239
ISBN-13 978-0-07-144123-0 / 9780071441230
Zustand Neuware
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