| Term | Definition |
|---|
| External application of water via immersion or spraying/pouring water on the body to treat physical dysfunction | what is the basic principle of Hydrotherapy |
| Deconditioned or weak patients | what are uses of Hydrotherapy |
| Wound cleansing/debridement | what are uses of Hydrotherapy |
| Enhances benefits of therapeutic exercise | what are uses of Hydrotherapy |
| Heat transfer & Buoyancy | what are physical properties of water |
| Resistance & Hydrostatic pressure | what are physcial properties of water |
| Conduction | what type of heat transfer do you get with stationary water |
| Convection | what type of heat transfer do you get with agitated/moving water |
| 4x longer and 25x faster | what is the speed at which heat transfers |
| When immersed in water at rest, a body will be thrust upward equal to the weight of the fluid it displaced | what is the Archimedes's principle |
| Push/force on a body in the direction opposite gravity | what is bouyancy |
| Viscosity of moving water provides resistance in a direction opposite the motion of the body | how is resistance defined |
| Fluid produces equal pressure on all parts of the body at rest and increases as the depth increases | what is the Pascal's law |
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