pressure therapy

pressure therapy
pressure therapy noun
The therapeutic use of pressure points
• • •
Main Entry:pressure

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pressure controlled intermittent mandatory ventilation — (PC IMV) is any mode of mechanical ventilation with preset inspiratory pressure (Pressure Control) and inspiratory time (Ti). Spontaneous breaths (i.e., inspiration is patient triggered and patient cycled) can exist between mandatory breaths… …   Wikipedia

  • Therapy dog — A therapy dog is a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, mental institutions, schools, and stressful situations such as disaster areas.Therapy dogs come in all sizes and breeds. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Therapy cat — Some nursing homes have therapy cats that are used to be companions to their elderly residents. Therapy cats are also sometimes used in hospitals to relax children who are staying there. Most therapy animals are usually cats or dogs.It is proven… …   Wikipedia

  • therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy …   Medical dictionary

  • pressure — 1. A stress or force acting in any direction against resistance. 2. (P, frequently followed by a subscript indicating location)In physics and physiology, the force per unit area exerted by a gas or liquid against the walls of its container or… …   Medical dictionary

  • Positive airway pressure — A typical CPAP machine houses the air pump in a case lined with sound absorbing material for quieter operation. A hose carries the pressurized air to a face mask or nasal pillow …   Wikipedia

  • Sensory integration therapy — or sensory integrative therapy attempts to treat Sensory Integration Dysfunction. [cite web |title= Sensory integrative therapy |url=http://www.researchautism.net/interventionitem.ikml?print ra=28 infolevel=4 |accessdate=2007 10 08 |publisher=… …   Wikipedia

  • Negative pressure wound therapy — (NPWT) is the use of sub atmospheric pressure to promote or assist wound healing, or to remove fluids from a wound site. Introduction Negative Pressure Wound Therapy has two forms which mainly differ in the type of dressing used to transfer NPWT… …   Wikipedia

  • Oxygen therapy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.96 MeSH …   Wikipedia

  • Negative-pressure wound therapy — Application of a vacuum pump using a foam dressing to a wound Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a therapeutic technique using a vacuum dressing to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds and enhance healing of first and second degree… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”