RT Book, Section
A1 Bellew, James W.
A2 Bellew, James W.
A2 Nolan, Thomas P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1187660302
T1 Therapeutic Modalities Past, Present, and Future: Their Role in the Patient Care Management Model
T2 Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, 7e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9781719641999
LK fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187660302
RD 2023/06/03
AB Therapeutic  modalities  represent  the  administration  of  thermal,  mechanical,  electromagnetic,  acoustic,  and  light  energies  to  produce  biophysical  effects  at  the  cellular,  tissue,  organic,  and  whole-body  levels.  These  biophysical  effects  are  aimed  at  achieving  physiological  and  clinical  effects  that  serve  to  maintain  and  optimize  health.1  The  terms  therapeutic  modalities  and  physical  agents  are  often  used  interchangeably  to  describe  a  wide  array  of  interventions  that  provide  a  variety  of  therapeutic  benefits.  The  term  physical  agents  reflects  the  use  of  physical  energies—such  as  thermal,  mechanical,  electromagnetic,  or  light—but  fails  to  include  the  purpose  or  intention  of  their  application.  The  term  therapeutic  modalities  more  appropriately  reflects  the  ability  of  these  interventions  to  provide  therapeutic  benefits.