FOUNDATIONS OF
THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
DR. MARIA IDREES; PT
LECTURER
DEPT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ASIA
ROLE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
🠶 Physiotherapy is the utilization of physical agents
(Electrotherapy Modalities) & Therapeutic exercises
🠶 Diagnosis
🠶 Treatment of disabilities and impairments
FACTS ABOUT PHYSICAL AGENTS/ MODALITIES
🠶 All physical agents' modalities involve the introduction of some
physical energy ( electrical, thermal, electromagnetic sound)into
a biologic system
🠶 This energy brings about the one or more Physiological changes,
which are used for Therapeutic benefit
🠶 In the Clinical environment, firstly to select the most appropriate
dose & secondly to apply the treatment
🠶 The mechanism of action of each therapeutic
modality depends on which form of energy is utilized
during its application
Definition of electrotherapy or therapeutic
modalities
🠶 It is a branch of physiotherapy characterized by the
treatment of various disease and disorders with the help of
electricity
HOW DO WE CLASSIFY THE PHYSICAL AGENT
MODALITIES?
CLASSIFICATION OF THERAPETUIC MODLAITIES
/ELECTROTHERAPY
🠶 Low frequency currents
🠶 Medium frequency currents
🠶 High frequency currents
LOW FREQUENCY CURRENTS
🠶 ELECTRICAL NERVE/MUSCLE STIMULATION
🠶 Faradic currents
🠶 Galvanic currents
🠶 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ( TENS )
MEDIUM FREQUENCY CURRENTS
🠶 INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY
🠶 RUSSIAN CURRENTS
HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS
🠶 DIATHERMY
🠶 SHORT WAVE
🠶 MICROWAVE
🠶 LASER THERAPY
🠶 ULTRASOUND THERAPY
🠶 RADIATION THERAPY
🠶 INFRARED
🠶 ULTRAVIOLET
MODREN CLASSIFICATION OF
ELECTOTHERAPY / THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
🠶 ELECTRICAL
🠶 THERMAL
🠶 NON-THERMAL
ELECTRICAL
🠶 ELECTRICAL NERVE/MUSCLE STIMULALTION
🠶 Faradic currents
🠶 Galvanic currents
🠶 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ( TENS )
🠶 Iontophoresis
🠶 Interferential therapy (IFT)
🠶 Russian currents
THERMAL
🠶 SUPERFICIAL HEATING MODALITIES
🠶 Paraffin wax bath therapy
🠶 Hot packs/hydrocollator packs
🠶 Whirlpool bath
🠶 Contrast bath
🠶 CRYOTHERAPY
🠶 RADIATION THERAPY
🠶 infrared
🠶 ultraviolet
🠶 DEEP HEATING MODALITIES
🠶 Short wave Diathermy
🠶 Ultrasound therapy
🠶 Laser therapy
NON-THERMAL
🠶 ULTRASOUND THERAPY
🠶 COLD LASER THERAPY
Various types of electric currents used in
electrotherapy
🠶 Direct c urrent (DC)
🠶 Interrupted direct c urrent (IDC)
🠶 Galvanic type current
🠶 Faradic type current
🠶 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation ( TENS)
🠶 High voltage pulse current (HVPC)
🠶 Diadynamic Currents
🠶 Micro currents
🠶 Interferential current (IFC)
🠶 Russian c urrent
🠶 Rebox current
