BioPhysical Agents Exam 1

What should the heat make the tissue go up too? Anything more would cause tissue damage - Answer- 104-113 degrees What should the hydroculator be set to temperature wise? - Answer- 158-167 degrees What is the purpose therapeutic modalities? - Answer- Add to or complement a comprehensive rehab plan, to stretch or prepare an individual for exercise What are the 3 types of biophysical agents? - Answer- Thermal Elctromagnetic Mechanical What are the types of thermal agents? - Answer- Heat: moist hot pack Cold: Ice massage What are the different types of electromagnetic agents? - Answer- Electrotherapy Diathermy Light therapy What are some examples of mechanical physical agents? - Answer- Compression Traction devices Acoustic energy such as ultrasound What is the clinical decision making to use a modality based upon? - Answer- Effectiveness of modality Use for pain Increase ROM Improve tissue healing If using ultrasound to increase tissue temperate to allow for increased elasticity of tissue, how could we determine the effectiveness of this? - Answer- Goniometric ROM could be used to measure effectiveness Then check reach to a higher shelf or other functional activity What kind of cautions would a patient have that may lead to problems such as tissue burnin