Physical Interventions

Catalog description

This lecture/lab course provides the student with an introduction to the therapeutic modality and other physical intervention skills commonly encountered in physical therapy practice. The course covers the healing process, pain mechanisms, indications/contraindication, and physiological effects of each intervention in a lab/lecture experience. The primary interventions covered include electrical stimulation, hydrotherapy, soft tissue massage, cryotherapy, thermal modalities, electromagnetic modalities, ultrasound, traction, and compression. Prerequisite: PT 441.