PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS

PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS

1. cryotherapy

   • also known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy can be used to treat a variety of injuries of tissues.

2. Hydrotherapy

   • Hydrotherapy is the use of water as a therapeutic agent, in any shape, state or temperature.

3. ultrasonotherapy

   • Ultrasounds are a series of waves mechanical, generally longitudinal, whose frequency is above the hearing capacity of the human ear.

4. Electrotherapy

   • Electrotherapy is a technique that is encompasses within physical medicine and rehabilitation and is defined as art and science of injury treatment and diseases by means of electricity.

5. Thermotherapy

   • consists of the treatment of a injury through the use of heat. This therapy is used to treat injuries, especially in injuries inflammatory skin.

6. phototherapy

   • is a treatment technique that uses electromagnetic radiation of origin natural or artificial for the treatment of diseases. The applied light can be visible, infrared or ultraviolet radiation.​

7. Magnetotherapy

   • it is a practice within Physiotherapy employing static magnetic fields or permanent on the body.

8. Mechanotherapy and pressotherapy

   • is a discipline that encompasses within physiotherapy and is defined as the art and science of treatment of different illnesses and injuries, through mechanical devices.

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