Here's a current, concise, and evidence-based approach to the selection, application, and biophysical effects of therapeutic modalities in a case-based format with a wealth of photographs and figures. The 6th Edition builds and expands on the strengths of previous editions and their focus on expanding and strengthening clinical decision-making skills through a hands-on, problem-solving approach.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface to the Sixth Edition
• Preface to the First Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Biographies
• Contributors
• Reviewers
• How to Use This Book
• Chapter Content and Related Curricular Areas
• SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
• CHAPTER 1 Therapeutic Modalities Past, Present, and Future: Their Role in the Patient Care Management Model - James W. Bellew, PT, EdD
• SECTION II TYPES OF MODALITIES
• CHAPTER 2 Cold Therapy Modalities - Stacie J. Fruth, PT, DHSc, OCS, and Susan L. Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT
• CHAPTER 3 Therapeutic Heat - Sandy Rennie, PT, PhD, and Susan L. Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT
• CHAPTER 4 Therapeutic Ultrasound - David Lake PT, PhD
• CHAPTER 5 Hydrotherapy: The Use of Water as a Therapeutic Agent - Elaine L. Bukowski, PT, DPT, (D) ABDA Emerita, and Thomas P. Nolan Jr., PT, DPT, OCS
• CHAPTER 6 Electromagnetic Waves—Laser, Diathermy, and Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields - Robert Post, PT, PhD, and Thomas P. Nolan Jr., PT, DPT, OCS
• CHAPTER 7 Spinal Traction - Charles Hazle, PT, PhD
• CHAPTER 8 Intermittent Pneumatic Compression - Robert Marsico, PT, EdD, OCS
• CHAPTER 9 Foundations of Clinical Electrotherapy - James W. Bellew, PT, EdD
• CHAPTER 10 Clinical Electrical Stimulation: Application and Techniques - James W. Bellew, PT, EdD
• SECTION III CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF MODALITIES
• CHAPTER 11 Mechanisms of Pain and Use of Therapeutic Modalities - Richard E. Liebano, PT, PhD
• CHAPTER 12 Therapeutic Modalities for Improving Range of Motion - Andrew Starsky, PT, PhD
• CHAPTER 13 Electrotherapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders - C. Scott Bickel, PT, PhD; Chris M. Gregory, PT, PhD; and James W. Bellew, PT, EdD
• CHAPTER 14 NMES and FES in Patients With Neurological Diagnoses - Therese E. Johnston, PT, PhD, MBA
• CHAPTER 15 Therapeutic Modalities for Tissue Healing - Ed Mahoney, PT, DPT, CWS
• CHAPTER 16 Alternative Modalities for Pain and Tissue Healing - Thomas P. Nolan Jr., PT, DPT, OCS, and Susan L. Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT
• CHAPTER 17 Electrophysiological Testing of Nerves and Muscles - Arthur J. Nitz, PT, PhD, and James W. Bellew, PT, EdD
• Glossary