Course Description
10-524-143 PTA Biophysical Agents...develops the knowledge and technical skills necessary to perform numerous therapeutic modalities likely to be utilized as a PTA. (Prerequisites: Admission to the Physical Therapist Assistant program; 10-806-177 General Anatomy & Physiology, 10-524-139, PTA Patient Interventions; 10-524-140, PTA Professional Issues 1; 10-524-156 PTA Applied Kinesiology 1; Corequisite: 10-524-157, Applied Kinesiology 2)
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What will I learn?
- Apply principles of physics to therapeutic interventions
- Perform patient and caregiver education
- Apply therapeutic ultrasound
- Examine therapeutic applications of electromagnetic modalities
- Apply electrotherapeutic interventions
- Apply biofeedback interventions
- Apply compression interventions
- Apply mechanical traction techniques
- Assess integumentary integrity
- Assess pain
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