Biophysical Agents

Biophysical Agents

Author: Barbara J. Behrens

Publisher: F.A. Davis

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 1105

ISBN-13: 1719643008

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Written specifically for PTAs! Develop the clinical decision-making skills you need to be a successful PTA. This easy-to-follow approach helps you learn how to successfully relate thermal, mechanical, and electrical biophysical agents to specific therapeutic goals while understanding all the physiologic ramifications. Drawing from the APTA’s Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, this text will enable you to make the connection between a physical agent and the appropriate treatment interventions as part of a comprehensive, successful physical therapy treatment program.


Wound Care

Wound Care

Author: Carrie Sussman

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 9780781774444

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Designed for health care professionals in multiple disciplines and clinical settings, this comprehensive, evidence-based wound care text provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies and emphasizes clinical decision-making. The text integrates the latest scientific findings with principles of good wound care and provides a complete set of current, evidence-based practices. This edition features a new chapter on wound pain management and a chapter showing how to use negative pressure therapy on many types of hard-to-heal wounds. Technological advances covered include ultrasound for wound debridement, laser treatments, and a single-patient-use disposable device for delivering pulsed radio frequency.


Bonica's Management of Pain

Bonica's Management of Pain

Author: Jane C. Ballantyne

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2018-11-19

Total Pages: 5431

ISBN-13: 1496349059

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This exhaustively comprehensive edition of the classic Bonica’s Management of Pain, first published 65 years ago, expertly combines the scientific underpinnings of pain with clinical management. Completely revised, it discusses a wide variety of pain conditions—including neuropathic pain, pain due to cancer, and acute pain situations—for adults as well as children. An international group of the foremost experts provides comprehensive, current, clinically oriented coverage of the entire field. The contributors describe contemporary clinical practice and summarize the evidence that guides clinical practice.


Introduction to Physical Therapy - E-BOOK

Introduction to Physical Therapy - E-BOOK

Author: Michael A. Pagliarulo

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2015-10-08

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 0323328369

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- NEW! Full color design and images make the text more visually appealing. - NEW! Updated content keeps readers in the know on the latest practices and procedures. - NEW! Updated photos throughout depict the content that is current and applicable to today's practicing PT or PTA.


Physical Agents in Rehabilitation - E Book

Physical Agents in Rehabilitation - E Book

Author: Michelle H. Cameron

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2021-12-29

Total Pages: 506

ISBN-13: 0323829287

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- NEW! Shock Wave Therapy chapter covers the principles, evidence base, and practical guidance for using this newly available physical agent. - NEW! Updated Lasers, Light and Photobiomodulation chapter adds over 100 new references and more specific guidance for selecting parameters for clinical application. - NEW! Enhanced eBook version – included with print purchase – allows access to the entire, fully searchable text, along with figures and references from the book, on a variety of devices.