EXSC 340: Therapeutic Principles

This course is designed to prepare students to safely, legally, ethically, and appropriately apply physical agents and modalities such as heat, cold, light, sound, water, wrapping/taping, mechanical compression, and mechanical traction as components of physical therapy intervention. Course content includes interactive case studies designed to assist the student in applying concepts of evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning, stages of tissue healing/repair, and pain mechanisms while making treatment intervention decisions in the appropriate use of these procedures.