Integumentary Therapeutics

Catalog description

Integumentary Therapeutics presents concepts and skills essential to physical therapist management of patients with integumentary system disorders and other clinical conditions amenable to biophysical agents. The anatomy and physiology of normal, abnormal, and aging tissue healing will be reviewed, with an emphasis on the skin. Students will apply content knowledge and skills to components of the patient/client management process related to pain, inflammation, edema/lymphedema, delayed tissue healing, seating and positioning, and common wound etiologies. Lab components will include hands-on practice of integumentary interventions, physical agents (e.g., traction), and electrotherapeutic agents (e.g., TENS) culminating in a lab practical. Additional in-class components in this course may include discussion, cases, and other active learning opportunities to supplement online lecture content.