Aquatic Therapy
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Anthony is being treated in aquatic therapy for severe osteoarthrosis. The patient being treated in tepid water up to the head.
The physical therapist is challenged with understanding cardiovascular physiology as it relates to the aquatic environment.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now tuning in to the MPTE Clinical Files, two mock MPTE-based questions told and solved |
| 0:07.0 | week by week. Thank you for tuning in to the MPT Clinical Files. My name is Kyle Rice, the MPT |
| 0:12.3 | PrEPP Coach, the founder of the PT Hustle and the creator of the MPT Prep Success Coaching |
| 0:17.3 | Program. And if you would like a free cheat sheet that goes along with this specific |
| 0:22.4 | question, tune in to the end of this episode. And I'm going to give you more information on how to |
| 0:27.7 | get that. All right. So for our next MPT clinical file, we have our patient Anthony. And Anthony is |
| 0:33.1 | being treated in aquatic therapy for severe osteoarthrosis in his bilateral knees. The patient is being treated in aquatic therapy for severe osteoarthrosis in his bilateral knees. |
| 0:39.7 | The patient is being treated in cold water to improve exercise tolerance. |
| 0:44.9 | If the patient is immersed up to the head in water, which are the following physiologic |
| 0:50.4 | responses is the least likely expected. |
| 0:54.4 | So we have A, bradycardia, B, peripheral vasoconstriction, C, tachycardia, and D is increased central |
| 1:04.7 | venous pressure. |
| 1:06.8 | All right. |
| 1:07.3 | So let's take a look at this one. |
| 1:10.2 | We start off. We have Anthony. He's being treated in the aquatic therapy environment for severe osteoarthrosis and his bilateral knees. Now, we know that osteoarthrosis, osteoarthritis, that comes along with quite a bit of pain, right? One of the interventions that is really great for that population is aquaidity, because |
| 1:31.4 | the buoyancy unloads the joints. |
| 1:34.5 | All right? |
| 1:35.1 | So the fact that we're using aquatic therapy here, I love it. |
| 1:39.3 | It makes sense. |
| 1:40.6 | Let's move on to the next sentence. |
| 1:42.4 | It says the patient is being treated in cool water |
| 1:45.8 | to improve exercise tolerance. I want to slow up there for a minute too. There's different |
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