Physical therapy/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Allied health occupations [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Physical and rehabilitation medicine [r]: A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients. ^[e]

Subtopics

Diagnostics

• Goniometry [r]: Add brief definition or description

Modalities

• Animal assisted therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Balneology [r]: Therapy by various hot or warm baths in natural mineral waters, spas, or "cures". It includes not only bathing in, but also drinking the waters, but it does not include whirlpool baths, which are part of hydrotherapy ^[e]
• Postural drainagel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Electric stimulation therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Exercise movement techniques [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Exercise therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hydrotherapy [r]: External application of pure water for therapeutic purposes; emphasizes motion and temperature of the water, but excludes mineral water treatments (i.e., balneology) ^[e]
• Induced hyperthermia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Massage therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Musculoskeletal manipulations [r]: Physical movement of body tissues, muscles and bones, by hands or equipment, to improve health and circulation, relieve fatigue, or promote healing. ^[e]
• Myofunctional therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ultrasonic therapy [r]: A method used to provide deep local heating of tissue, without affecting the skin ^[e]

Other related topics

• Occupational therapy [r]: A rehabilitative service that aims to make people as independent as possible, focused on training in, and assistive devices for, activities of daily living ^[e]