Contraindications & Precautions Flashcards

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Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with broken bone/fractures?

A
  • Intermitent Continious Pump
  • Spinal Traction (vertebral Fx)
  • Tilt table (billateral LE Fx)
  • Massage
  • STM & MFR

* Ultrasound & Diathermy are contraindicated on epiphyseal plates of children

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Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with Circulation/vascular problems?

A
  • Cryotherapy
  • Compression Agents
  • Spinal traction (if aortic aneurysm)
  • Tilt table (if sepsis)
  • Hydrotherapy (if severe cardiac problem)
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Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with Heart problems?

A
  • Cryotherapy (if peripheral vascular disease)
  • Compression agents (if peripheral vascular disease)
  • Intermitent Compression Pump (If ankle brachial index of less that 0.8)
  • Tilt table
  • Hydrotherapy (if severe)
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Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with stroke?

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  • Thermotherapy (impaired sensation)
  • Cryotherapy (Impaired Sensation)
  • Compression agents (neuropathy)
  • Spinal traction
  • Hydrotherapy
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