Physical Agents

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Decks in this class (20)

Pain Asssessment Unit 2
Nsaids,
Non narcotics,
Narcotics
18  cards
Patient's Response To Interventions
Mature scars are not vascularized...,
Spotting patches of erythema,
Skin test skin returns to normal ...
3  cards
Thermal Agents (superficial/deep heat)
Heat gain or loss through direct ...,
Heat gain or loss through movemen...,
Fluidotherapy is what kind of hea...
11  cards
Ultrasound
Intensity is too high for ultraso...,
Contact is not good during ultras...,
Treatment size for ultrasound
13  cards
Massage III
Abnormal enlargement of a segment...,
Accumulation of fluid in cells ti...,
Increased permeability of capilla...
17  cards
Electrical Stimulation
Functional electrical stimulation,
Tens,
Swelling spasms reduction and mus...
24  cards
IFC
Acute pain,
Muscle spasm,
Chronic pain
3  cards
Russian
Russian current,
Russian stimulation edema
2  cards
Massage II
General health promotion improved...,
Reduce muscle stiffness and soren...,
Length of time
10  cards
Cryotherapy
Decreased blood flow decreased me...,
Elevate pain threshold counterirr...,
Reflexively affected by decrease ...
28  cards
Massage
Massage is the therapeutic manipu...,
Effleurage petrissage friction an...,
Who refined the strokes release o...
23  cards
External Compression
Used to treat many peripheral pro...,
Major forms of edema,
Local forms of edema ic ____ decr...
17  cards
NMES Skill Check
Smooth contraction nmes for muscl...,
Twitch contraction nmes for pumpi...,
Tetanizing contraction nmes for m...
3  cards
TENS Skill Check
Conventional mode tens,
Low frequency or acupuncture like...,
Brief intense tens prior to painf...
3  cards
High-Volt Pulsatile Stimulation Skill Check
Somatic sympathetic reflex acute ...,
Muscle pumping effect edema,
Endogenous vasodilators chronic pain
5  cards
Wound Care & E-Stim
Defined as the use of electrical ...,
Consider a course of treatment wi...,
Influences wound healing by attra...
5  cards
E-Stim Review
3 kinds of therapeutic electrical...,
Alternating current,
Direct current
15  cards
Foundation of Electrical Stimulation
Is used to diagnose disease by in...,
Is stimulating denervated muscle ...,
Is stimulation of innervated musc...
37  cards
Clinical Uses of E-Stim
Maximal muscle contraction,
7 10 15 pulses per second,
A delta fibers
6  cards
Iontophoresis
Uses direct current to facilitate...,
Primarily for treating ______ inf...,
Polarity use the _____ polarity a...
9  cards

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