Physics & OT Equipment

The Gymnastic Ball is a fairly new technique that has met with a great deal of success in occupational therapy, “Since the Gymnastic Ball is symmetrical and the human body is asymmetrical, Newton’s laws of gravity regarding weight, force and torque come into play with this rehabilitative tool. [The Gymnastic Ball] can be used for stroke and cardiac patients, arm, leg and pelvis or hip muscle injuries and to correct poor posture,” (Colletti, 1997: 1). Fluidotherapy uses many physics concepts such as fluid and pressure oscillations and heat and temperature transfer. The motion from the Cellex particles immersed in gaseous solutions transfer heat to the patient at higher temperatures with less irritation than traditional fluid modalities, like aqueous and para

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ies which normally do not respond to heat therapy,” (Fluidotherapy, 1). Laplace’s law comes into play when we discuss how the fluidized bed functions. Laplace’s Law applies to the fact that the capillaries have a small diameter which means they can only withstand so much pressure or force acting upon their walls. The tension a wall in a tube can withstand is measured by the equation y = Pr, where y is the tension in the wall, P is the pressure in the tube, and r is the radius of the tube, (Urone, 204). Using heat and temperature is one of the most effective ways to increase blood flow. This is because the heat transfer to the body dilates the constricted routes of blood flow and allows for a reduction of the pressure on the walls of the narrow tubes. As such, the fluidized bed is one of the best methods available for the reduction of high blood pressure, one of the leading indicators of heart attack and stroke. The physics principle of heat moving from hot to cold is utilized in the fluidized bath. Other traditional modalities of fluid therapy, like paraffin wax baths, work in a similar manner. However, they cause additional irritation to the skin than the fluidized baths at the same temperatures, and the build up of h
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