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Traction Flashcards
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- 1How long are sustained (static) tractions held for?10-45 minutes
- 2How long are intermittent traction treatments?10-30 minutes
- 3How many pounds is needed for cervical traction?20-30lbs
- 4How many pounds are needed for lumbar traction?50-120 or at least 1/2 of body weight
- 5How many minutes is traction required to take stress off inter-vertebral discs?8-10 minutes
- 6How many minutes of traction is required for DJD?15-25
- 7About how many days should traction treatments occur during a week?5-6 days
- 8The first treatment should occur for how many minutes? Then progress to how many minutes?5-10 min
10-20 min
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- University Therapeutic Modalities Flashcards on Traction Flashcards, created by Lauren Terpak on 31/03/2015.
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