Diathermy: The ideal therapeutic heating modality
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Therapeutic heating causes vasodilation in the heated tissue, thus increasing the rate of blood flow to increase the delivery of oxygen and nutrient and the removal of waste products. Therapeutic heating causes vasodilation by stimulating thermoreceptors that directly cause vascular smooth muscle relaxation and indirectly activate local spinal cord reflexes. In addition, therapeutic heating promotes vasodilation by increasing the release of chemical mediators of inflammation and the release of nitrous oxide. (Kellog, 1999; Minson, 2001)
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