ATR 480 - Therapeutic Modalities

Offered Fall: No Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: Contact Department

3 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 2-0-2
Prerequisites: ATR 420.

This course will teach theory and hands-on skills necessary for the integration and application of therapeutic modalities into the treatment and rehabilitation protocols used by athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals. This course will cover the use of (but not necessarily limited to) the following modalities: ultrasound, electrical muscle stimulation, TENS, iontophoresis, laser, traction and other mechanical modalities, cryo/thermotherapy, hydrotherapy, diathermy, biofeedback, massage, etc.