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Therapeutic heat application

Known as: Heat Therapy, Therapeutic Heat, hyperthermia therapy 
The application of heat to appropriate painful areas to improve blood flow and function and to reduce pain. It can be applied though many methods… 
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Broader (3)

Body TemperatureHydrotherapyTherapeutic procedure

Narrower (5)

Cyclodiathermy (procedure)ElectrocoagulationInfrared radiation therapyMicrowave Therapy
DiathermyElectrosurgeryInduced HyperthermiaNonpharmacologic intervention for pain:Type:Pt:^Patient:Nom

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2014
2014
The effects of topical heat therapy on chest pain in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of local heat therapy on chest pain in patients with acute coronary syndrome… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Improving conformal tumour heating by adaptively removing control points from waveform diversity beamforming calculations: A simulation study
Waveform diversity is a phased array beamforming strategy that determines an optimal sequence of excitation signals to maximise… 
2009
2009
Modeling heat shock protein expression produced by a heat wrap.
The healing effect of therapeutic hyperthermia induced by widely available heat wrap products is understood to be based on… 
2008
2008
EFFECT OF HEAT THERAPY ON PAIN SEVERITY AND DURATION OF LABOR IN PRIMIGRAVIDA WOMEN
Introduction: Pain is a common phenomenon and is an inevitable part of process of childbirth. Continuous labor pain is effective… 
2006
2006
The Effect of Monochromatic Infrared Energy on Sensation in Subjects With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
The recent paper by Clifft et al. (1) concludes that monochromatic infrared energy (MIRE) is no better than placebo MIRE in… 
1983
1983
Therapeutic heat and cold. A practitioner's guide.
Application of heat generally increases metabolic activity, with resulting increase in circulation and exacerbation of… 
1981
1981
Several heat-sensitive properties of the MULv-induced YAC lymphoma.
1977
1977
Fluidotherapy: evaluation of a new heat modality.
The development of a new heat therapy modality (fluidotherapy) consisting of a bed of solid particles suspended in air is… 
1956
1956
An outline of the history of therapeutic heat.
1936
1936
A SIMPLE, INEXPENSIVE HEAT LAMP
Nearly every physician uses some form of heat lamp as a routine in his office practice. Many practitioners are unfamiliar with… 
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