This course will use an evidence-based approach to teach students the knowledge, skills and abilities to use physical agents as a component in the development and implementation of plans of care designed to address a patient's impairments, limitations and restrictions following injuries requiring both surgical and non-surgical therapeutic interventions. These physical agents include but may not be limited to cryotherapy, thermotherapy, ultrasound therapy, electrical therapy, diathermy, intermittent compression, traction, LASER, massage and manual therapies. Additionally, students will be taught how to use patient-oriented and clinician-oriented outcomes to develop and adjust their plans of care to provide the most effective healthcare.