Journal article

Publication year: 2008

Pages: 212-215

Journal: Osteology

Volume number: 17

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 1019-1291

Publisher: Schattauer

Abstract: 
Physiotherapy in osteoporosis essentially takes the form of stimulatory therapy tailored to the findings and pathomechanism. In treating osteoporosis, one option in physiotherapy is to comply with given physical norms by using physical stimuli to influence biological functions and structures for adaptation, stimulation, and regeneration. Physical therapy applied in osteoporosis includes electrical, thermic (hydrothermic, high frequency thermic, light thermic) and mechanical (massage, physiotherapy) stimuli, which can be applied regionally, locally or hoistically. To be efficient, pain therapy requires that the various painful states be differentiated between acute and chronic pain. It is necessary and extremely important today that physiotherapy strategies that are tailored to each patients's needs and also economically justifiable be implemented.

Harvard Citation style: Lange, U. and Uhlemann, C. (2008) Physiotherapeutic strategies for pain modulation in osteoporosis, Osteology, 17(4), pp. 212-215

APA Citation style: Lange, U., & Uhlemann, C. (2008). Physiotherapeutic strategies for pain modulation in osteoporosis. Osteology. 17(4), 212-215.