CERTAIN BASES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

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Article1 August 1934CERTAIN BASES OF PHYSICAL THERAPYTHOMAS P. SPRUNT, M.D., F.A.C.P.THOMAS P. SPRUNT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-2-192 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past year it has fallen to my lot to become particularly interested in physical therapy. What I shall have to say is addressed not to expert physical therapists but to practicing physicians who, like myself, have had heretofore but a desultory interest in the subject and while not decrying the value of empiricism in therapeutic methods, would still wish to know something of the underlying physiological factors that may have been determined.Although physical therapy may have been over-exploited here and there during the past several years, one gets the impression that it is much more widely neglected...References BARBOUR HG: Heat-regulating mechanism of body, Physiol. Rev., 1921, i, 295. CrossrefGoogle Scholar BAZETT HC: Physiological responses to heat, Physiol. Rev., 1927, vii, 531-599. CrossrefGoogle Scholar Handbook of physical therapy, Am. Med. Assoc. Google Scholar KAHN RL: Tissue reactions in immunity; specific reacting capacities of different tissues of immunized animal, Science, 1934, lxxix, 172-175. CrossrefGoogle Scholar KOVACS J: Surface temperature and the minute blood vessels of the skin in arthritis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, c, 1018-1021. CrossrefGoogle Scholar LAURENS H: Physiological effects of radiation, Physiol. Rev., 1928, viii, 1-91. CrossrefGoogle Scholar LEWIS T: The blood vessels of the human skin and their responses, 1927, Shaw and Sons, Ltd., London. Google Scholar MOCKPEMBERTONCOULTER HERJS (Editors): Principles and practice of physical therapy, 1933, W. F. Prior Co., Inc. Google Scholar SEVRINGHAUS EL: A constant temperature foot cradle, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvii, 509-511. CrossrefGoogle Scholar STARR I: On the use of heat, desiccation and oxygen in the local treatment of advanced peripheral vascular disease, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvii, 498-509. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WHITNEY WR: Research and industry, Scientific Monthly, 1932, xxxv, 34. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Read at the Chicago meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 18, 1934. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1934Volume 8, Issue 2Page: 192-197 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...