Physical Therapy Interventions II: Therapeutic Agents

Catalog description

Physical Therapy Interventions II is a clinical course (theory and practice) designed to provide the student with guidance and direction to comprehend the background information and to develop the clinical skills needed to effectively utilize physical agents as part of the rehabilitation treatment plan. Student will develop the understanding of basic scientific and physiological principle underlining the application of physical agents. Student will develop the ability to utilize physical agents as an intervention designed to reduce the patient’s severity of impairments and functional limitations. The course will emphasize evidence-based rationale for selecting a modality and for the interventions. The student will be guided through a cognitive process to integrate physical agents intervention into the overall rehabilitation plan in order to promote optimal outcomes. The sequence of the planned intervention and the progression of the use of modalities from a simple application to a more complex one will be analyzed throughout the course. The physics, chemistry, physiological effects, indications and contraindications along with the application of each modality will be studied.