Exam 1: Therapeutic Modalities Past, Present, and Future: Their Roles in the Patient Care Management Model

Modalities used to decrease pain primarily stimulate which part of the peripheral nervous system?

Which of the following can be used to facilitate recruitment of the quadriceps femoris muscle following knee surgery?

"Therapeutic modality" can imply the type of energy used by the modality, the method of application of the modality, and which of the following?

Which of the following modalities will reduce blood flow to tissues?

In the patient care management model, therapeutic modalities include the use of physical agents to provide which of the following?

Which of the following modalities is most appropriate for the proliferative stage of tissue healing?

Which of the following outcomes is most recommended for determining the effectiveness of therapeutic modalities?

Which of the following best describes the appropriate use of therapeutic modalities for rehabilitation programs?

Which of the following modalities produces sound frequency ranges that are unable to be heard by human ears?

Why is cold therapy often used during the initial stages of injury?

What type of energy does diathermy use to heat biological tissues?

Conditions or factors of a patient that make using a specific modality inadvisable are called

Why is pregnancy widely considered a contraindication to the use of modalities?

Which of the following is true regarding the studies of efficacy of therapeutic modalities?

Which of the following modalities is capable of delivering heat to tissues?