EXSC 515
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Therapeutic Interventions 1, Modalities
Exercise Sciences
College of Life Sciences
Course Description
Principles of therapeutic interventions: healing, hydrotherapy, massage, traction, radiant energy, heat, cold, electrotherapy and rehabilitation. Application of healing and therapeutic modality theories to injured athletes and physically active individuals.
When Taught
Fall
Min
3
Fixed/Max
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Recommended
EXSC 320
Title
Treatment and Rehabilitation Using Superficial Heat
Learning Outcome
Select according to appropriate parameters and properly prepare and apply: moist heat pack, paraffin treatment, warm whirlpool treatment, fluidotherapy.
Title
Use of Electrotherapy in Decreasing Pain and Muscle Spasm
Learning Outcome
Select according to appropriate parameters and properly prepare and apply electrical stimulation units: monophasic stimulator (eg, high volt stimulation), biphasic stimulator (eg, TENS, NMES), direct current (eg, iontopheresis), alternating current (eg, interferential, NMES).
Title
Use of Deep Heat to Decrease Pain, Swelling, Muscle Spasm, and Atrophy
Learning Outcome
Select according to appropriate parameters and properly prepare and apply thermal and nonthermal direct/indirect ultrasound treatment, sustained acoustic medicine (SAM) and pulsed shortwave diathermy.
Title
Use of Traction for Decreasing Pain and Muscle Spasm
Learning Outcome
Select according to appropriate parameters and properly prepare and apply: mechanical traction, manual traction, positional traction.
Title
Therapeutic Interventions
Learning Outcome
Select according to appropriate parameters, and properly prepare and apply the treatment for rehabilitation of physical injury using massage, contrast bath, cryokinetics, cold whirlpool treatment, controlled cold therapy unit, ice bag, vapo-coolant spray, ice immersion.
