Physical agents : theory and practice /
[edited by] Barbara J. Behrens, Susan L. Michlovitz.
- 2nd ed.
- Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., 2006.
- xiii, 274 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tissue response to injury -- Patient responses to therapeutic interventions -- Therapeutic heat and cold -- Therapeutic ultrasound -- Aquatics and hydrotherapy -- Soft tissue treatment techniques: traction -- Soft tissue management techniques: edema management -- Foundations of electrical stimulation -- Electrodes: materials and care -- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation -- Electrical stimulation for tissue repair -- Pain management with electrical stimulation -- Physical agents for transdermal drug delivery: iontophoresis and phonophoresis -- Integration of physical agents: clinical decision making.