Physiatry: Analytical Treatise on Physical and Therapeutic Agents

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un estudio analítico integral sobre la biofísica cuántica, electromagnética y térmica de las modalidades de medicina física. Análisis exhaustivo de los mecanismos fisiológicos, transducción de señales celulares y protocolos críticos de seguridad clínica para médicos fisiatras y especialistas de la salud.

What it covers

1. Introduction to Physical Medicine: Scientific Foundations and Classification of Agents
2. Energy Transmission Mechanisms and Cellular Responses to Physical Stress
3. · Biophysics of heat and energy transfer
4. Pain Physiology and Gate Theory: Neuromodulation by Physical Stimuli
5. · The neuroanatomy of nociceptive processing
6. · Gate Mechanism (Gate Control Theory)
7. Inflammation, Tissue Repair and Modulation by Physical Agents
8. Superficial Thermotherapy: Conduction, Convection and Tissue Dynamics
9. · Biophysics and physiology of surface heat
10. Cryotherapy: Biophysics of Cold, Hemodynamic and Neuromuscular Responses
11. · Biophysics of heat extraction
12. · Effects on nerve conduction velocity (NCV) and muscle tone
13. Deep Thermotherapy: Shortwave and Microwave Diathermy
14. · Biophysics of diathermy
15. Therapeutic Ultrasound and Phonophoresis: Thermal Effects and Mechanical Cavitation
16. · Biophysics of the ultrasonic wave
17. · The phonophoresis technique
18. Biophysics of Electrical Stimulation: Action Potential and Membrane Dynamics
19. · Bioelectric bases of tissue excitability
20. Low Frequency Currents: TENS and Galvanic Current
21. · Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
22. · Biophysics of the Galvanic Current (Direct Continuous)
23. Medium Frequency Currents: Interferential and Russian (Kots)
24. · Biophysics and advantages of medium frequency
25. · Russian Kots Currents: High Definition Stimulation for Hypertrophy
26. Diadynamic Currents, Trabert and Microcurrents: Modulation of Acute Pain and Healing
27. · Bernard's Diadynamic Currents
28. · Trabert Ultra-exciting Current (Current 2-5)
29. · Microcurrents (Microcurrent Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation - MENS)
30. Iontophoresis: Transdermal Pharmacokinetics Induced by Electric Fields
31. · Biophysics of iontophoresis
32. Electromyographic Biofeedback: Voluntary Motor Control and Neuromuscular Reeducation
33. · Instrumental bases of EMG biofeedback
34. Low Intensity Laser (LLLT): Photobiomodulation and Dynamics of the Respiratory Chain
35. · Biophysics of coherent laser light
36. · The Arndt-Schulz Dosage Law
37. Ultraviolet Radiation (UVA/UVB) in Physical Medicine and Dermatology
38. · Biophysics of the ultraviolet spectrum
39. Infrared Radiation: Photothermy, Radiation Laws and Thermoregulation
40. · Biophysics of infrared radiation (RIR)
41. Hydrotherapy: Hydrodynamic and Hydrostatic Principles of Aquatic Therapy
42. Hydrotherapeutic Techniques and Installations: Tanks, Baths and Contrast Modulation
43. · Specialized facilities for clinical hydrotherapy
44. Aquatic Kinesitherapy and Cardiovascular Adaptations
45. · Cardiovascular physiology of water immersion
46. Extracorporeal Shock Waves (ESWT): Mechanotransduction and Cellular Biophysics
47. · Biophysics of the acoustic shock wave
48. Pneumatic Pressotherapy and Mechanical Drainage: Hydrostatic Gradients and Lymphatic Dynamics
49. · Biophysics of sequential pressotherapy
50. Cervicolumbar Mechanical Traction: Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Space and Canals
51. · Biomechanics of mechanical spinal decompression
52. Mechanotherapy and Precision Kinesitherapy: Motor Control, Plasticity and Exercise
53. · Neurophysiological bases of therapeutic exercise and mechanotherapy
54. Dosage of Physical Agents in Special Populations: Geriatrics, Pediatrics and Oncological Inflammation
55. · Modulation and dosage in the geriatric patient
56. Absolute Contraindications and Safety in the Presence of Pacemakers and Metallic Implants
57. Multimodal Approach to Spasticity and Disuse Syndrome
58. · Pathophysiology of spasticity and muscle disuse
59. · Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in disuse syndrome
60. Critical Cases, Iatrogenics and Emergency Protocols in the Department of Physiatry