TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hydrotherapy A1 - Alysia Mastrangelo, M. A1 - Nolan, Thomas P. A2 - Bellew, James W. A2 - Nolan, Thomas P. PY - 2022 T2 - Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e AB - Hydrotherapy is the use of water to facilitate healing and movement and to enable patients to achieve therapy goals. The properties of water provide an environment for treatment options that might otherwise be difficult or impossible to provide with land-based interventions. For example, in a pool, a patient can be placed in nonweight-bearing positions—supine, prone, or sitting—with the use of buoyant devices. Movement and exercise of the upper and lower extremities can be facilitated in these positions by the effects of buoyancy. The aquatic environment created by water can serve as resistance to exercise to facilitate muscle strengthening. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/12/14 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187661247 ER -