Infrared Radiation in Physical Therapy
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ScribdTranslationsTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF AMBATO
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES
PHYSICAL THERAPY
INFRARED
Members:
TEACHER: • Ítalo de Oliveira
• Johnny Encarnación
LIC. FT. ALEXANDRA VACA
• Lenin Moposita
CHAIR: • Marco Núñez
• Christian Paredes
PHYSICAL AGENTS
OBJECTIVES
• GENERAL.
• DEFINE INFRARED RADIATION WITHIN THERAPEUTIC USE.
• SPECIFIC.
• UNDERSTANDING ITS USE AND BENEFITS OF INFRARED RADIATION.
• ANALYZE THE INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS OF RADIATION
INFRARED.
• UNDERSTANDING THE APPLICATION METHOD AND ITS DOSAGE.
WHATISIT?
Infrared radiation is a form of energy.
ELECTROMAGNETICS. ITS INTENSITY IS MEASURED WITH THE UNIT OF
MEASURE 'PIRON'. INFRARED RAYS (IR) ARE FOUND IN THE
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM BETWEEN 750 AND 15000
NANOMETERS (NM).
ARE PROPAGATED THANKS TO PHENOMENA OF:
ABSORPTION: THE ABSORPTION OF IR BECOMES HEAT. WHEN THE
LONGER WAVELENGTH MEANS GREATER ABSORPTION.
PENETRATION: THE PENETRATION OF IR IS GREATER WHEN THE
WAVELENGTH IS SHORTER.
INFERRED THERAPY IS USED IN PHYSICAL THERAPY TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SURFACE HEAT
ABOUT HUMAN TISSUES FOR THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS
HEALTH CONDITIONS.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED
THERE ARE TWO TYPES:
NO LUMINOSOS:
ARE INCANDESCENT ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO AIR. THE DEVICE IS
AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE IN A SPIRAL ON A SURFACE
REFRACTORY. THEY EMIT A LARGE AMOUNT OF LONG-WAVE INFRARED
(BETWEEN 1500 AND 2500 NM) AND ITS DEPTH IS NO GREATER THAN 2 OR 3
CM.
Luminous:
THEY ARE BUILT IN A VACUUM. THEY ARE LAMPS WITH FILAMENTS OF
TUNGSTEN OR CARBON IN A GLASS VIAL. INSIDE IT
FIND THE RESISTANCE OR THE INCANDESCENT MATERIAL. IT CONTAINS
INERT GAS AT LOW PRESSURE AND A REFLECTOR TO IMPROVE THE
ADDRESS.
EMITS A LARGE AMOUNT OF NEAR IR AND VISIBLE LIGHT. REACHES A
PENETRATION DEPTH BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MM.
CLASSIFICATION OF IR
THE IR ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES.
•RANGE: FROM 750 TO 1500 NM. IT
THEY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING GREATER
PENETRATION WORSE LESS ABSORPTION. YOUR
DEPTH REACHES CAPILLARIES AND FIBERS
NERVOUS.
•IR B: FROM 1500 TO 3000 NM. THEY HAVE
MORE SURFACE ABSORPTION, THEREFORE,
LESS PENETRATION. ITS HEATING IS
MAINLY AT SKIN LEVEL.
•
IR C: FROM 3000 TO 10,000 NM. NO
THEY HAVE THERAPEUTIC USE. ITS USE IS GIVEN BY
EXAMPLE, IN EQUIPMENT STERILIZATIONS.
Effectsbyapplication
LOCAL GENERAL
• IMMEDIATE ERYTHEMA • SUPERFICIAL VASODILATION
GENERALIZED
• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT
• INCREASE IN METABOLISM • SEDATION AND GENERALIZED RELAXATION
• SWEATING
• ANTICONTRACTURE
• Antispasmodic
• RELAXATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
• INCREASE IN PERMEABILITY OF
MEMBRANE
• PAIN RELIEF
• INCREASE IN CELL GROWTH AND
TISSUE
APPLICATION TECHNIQUE
• THE DOSE DEPENDS ON THE POWER OF THE GENERATOR AND THE DURATION OF THE TREATMENT. IT SHOULD NOT CAUSE
BURNING SENSATION OR BURN.
• THE DOSE IS DETERMINED BY THE PHASE AND THE TYPE OF PROCESS WE ARE TREATING, AS WELL AS BY THE OBJECTIVE
OF THE TREATMENT, THE PATIENT'S TOLERANCE AND THE CONTRAINDICATIONS.
• FOR THE APPLICATION OF INFRARED RADIATION, THE LAMP REFLECTOR MUST BE CLEAN AND SHINY
AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MUST HAVE A GROUNDING. THE NON-LUMINOUS SOURCES MUST BE PREHEATED.
• THE PATIENT WILL BE IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION WITH THE AREA TO BE TREATED EXPOSED, FREE OF CLOTHING, CREAMS, OR
METALLIC OBJECTS, THE UNTREATED AREAS MUST BE PROTECTED (IN APPLICATION CASES
GENERALIZED). IMPORTANT TO COVER THE EYES WITH MOIST COTTON AND TO COVER OPEN WOUNDS.
• THE INFRARED LAMP IS PLACED PERPENDICULAR TO THE SKIN AT A DISTANCE OF 60 CM. THE DURATION VARIES FROM
15 TO 30 MINUTES. THE SKIN SHOULD BE MONITORED EVERY 5 MINUTES TO AVOID BURNS OR INJURIES.
APPLICATION TECHNIQUE
INDICATIONS
• Muscle spasm
• RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
• OSTEOARTHRITIS
• CERVICOBRACHIALGIA
• Lumbosciatica
• POST-SPORT.
• PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
• CONGESTION OF BLOOD CIRCULATION AND
LYMPHATIC.
• TENDINOSIS
• capsulitis
• SPRAINS IN SUBACUTE OR CHRONIC STAGE.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
• VARICES
• MENSTRUATION
• RECENT HEMORRHAGES
• BLEEDING OR PURULENT WOUNDS
• INTRAARTICULAR EFFUSIONS O
RECENT INTRA-CELLULARS.
• FEVER
• ALTERATIONS OF SENSITIVITY
• THROMBOPHLEBITIS
• ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF
INFRARED
• THE DISADVANTAGES OF THIS TREATMENT ARE BASED ON THE FACT THAT AT LEAST ARE REQUIRED
30 MINUTES TO CAUSE A DILATION, IF WE WANT THE OPENING OF A
ANASTOMOSIS THE TIME IS STILL GREATER. IN ADDITION, THE TREATMENT IS VERY SUPERFICIAL.
• ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ADVANTAGES OF INFRARED RADIATION ARE MANY, INCLUDING:
Constant stimulus
ASEPTIC TREATMENT
DIRECT CONTROL OVER THE TREATED SURFACE
EASY APPLICATION
LOW RISK OF BURNS.
CLINICAL CASE: ANKLE SPRAIN
GRADE III
• 52-year-old patient who comes to our center on July 25, 2014. Refers
GRADE III SPRAIN OF THE LEFT ANKLE EXTERNAL LATERAL LIGAMENT
3 YEARS. TREATED WITH COMPLETE CAST AND ORTHOPEDIC SPLINT FOR PARTIAL WEIGHT BEARING
AND SHE WAS REHABILITATING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, ALTHOUGH SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
SINCE THEN, IT HAS NOT RECOVERED STABILITY AND SECURITY OVER THAT
LEFT ANKLE
TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS
• AFTER THE ANAMNESIS AND NOTIFICATION OF THE BACKGROUND
PREVIOUSLY, MANUAL ORTHOPEDIC EXAMINATION OF BOTH FEET IS CARRIED OUT.
SHOW A MARKED ARTICULAR YAWN (INSTABILITY) OF
LEFT ANKLE TOWARDS THE INVERSION MOVEMENT.
CLASSIFICATION:CURRENTSTATUSANDOBJECTIVES
CIF level Current State Objetivos
Structureandfunction Loss of stability Recover stability
corporal of the joint of the articular
ankle in both lower limbs. Decrease the pain
Pain in standing position and
march
Activity March Recover the
functionality of the
articulation and improve the
march
TREATMENT INTERVENTION PLAN
• IT WILL BE APPLIED SUPPLEMENTARILY TO THE METHODS GENERALLY USED
IN THIS INJURY, 60 W INFRARED LAMP WITH AN APPROXIMATE INTENSITY
50 J/CM2 AND WITH A POWER OF 100 MW/CM2, AT A DISTANCE FROM ZONE A
TRY ABOUT 55 CM.
• THE SESSIONS WILL LAST BETWEEN 20 - 25 MINUTES, ADJUSTABLE ACCORDING TO THE
EVOLUTION OF THE PATIENT'S CONDITION, AS IN ADDITION TO THE ANALGESIC EFFECT, IT
LOOK FOR AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECT THAT IS ACHIEVED WITH MORE APPLICATIONS
PROLONGED.
CONCLUSIONES
• INFRARED RADIATION IT IS A FORM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY,
USED IN PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE LOCAL HEAT, AND EVEN
GENERAL
• THE DOSE DEPENDS ON THE POWER OF THE GENERATOR AND THE DURATION OF
TREATMENT. SHOULD NOT CAUSE URGENT SENSATION OR BURNING.
• {"muscle_spasm":"muscle spasm","rheumatoid_arthritis":"rheumatoid arthritis","osteoarthritis":"osteoarthritis"}
CERVICOBRACHIALGIAS, LUMBOSCIATICA, POSTERIOR TO SPORTS, DISEASE
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSION, CONGESTION OF BLOOD CIRCULATION AND
LYMPHATIC, TENDINOSIS, CAPSULITIS, SPRAINS IN SUBACUTE OR CHRONIC STAGE.
• CONTRAINDICACIONES: PROBLEMAS CARDIOVASCULARES, VARICES, MENSTRUACIÓN,
RECENT HEMORRHAGES, BLEEDING OR PURULENT WOUNDS, HEMORRHAGES
Recent intraarticular or intratissular, fever, alterations of the
SENSITIVITY, THROMBOPHLEBITIS, ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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