This course provides students the opportunity to develop clinical skills in assessment and intervention using electrotherapy, electrodiagnostic procedures, and thermomodality techniques. This course will emphasize the use of heat, cryotherapy, Neuromuscular Electrical Nerve Stimulation, ultrasound, and other therapeutic modalities in the intervention of patients with neuromusculoskeletal and integumentary impairments. This course is based on a problem-solving approach for the selection and application of appropriate intervention strategies to manage pain, edema, motion limitation, muscle weakness, and tissue/wound healing. Intervention strategies and techniques including prevention of skin breakdown, dermal wound healing, and burn care will also be addressed. Clinical decision-making practice will be implemented throughout the course to design appropriate plan of care and modification of the intervention based on the ongoing assessment of physiological and physical response to the intervention. All content areas of this course are emphasized on having students synthesize the information presented for application to current clinical practice and research.
- Teacher: Gerardo M. Buhay