Types of Therapy/Rehab terms
The treatment of a disease, disorder, or disability by physical and mechanical. (Massaging, heat/cold, etc.)
Physical Therapy
This is the spread of a disease producing agency from the original location to other parts of the body. (Cancer or bacteria)
Metastasis
Uses electricity from a different muscle to control a battery powered prosthetic arm
Myoelectric
This is an area of biomedical research that uses tools from the field of nanotechnology to help improve health
Nanomedicine
Therapy that is based on helping you complete everyday activities in your everyday life.
Occupational Therapy
This is an electric artificial device to replace a missing body part or impaired body part
Prosthesis
This is a controlled study how safe and effective a drug or vaccine is on someone.
Clinical Trial
Therapy that uses radiation to help treat patients with cancer
Radiation Therapy
This is a inactive substance that looks like real medicine, but has no real therapeutic effect on the body.
Placebo
Therapy that uses drugs to help control or treat a disorder, disease, etc.
Chemotherapy
This is the most common type of of genetic variation that represents the difference in a single DNA building block that is present in about about 1% of the population
SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)
Therapeutic technique that uses sensors to monitor involuntary functions and displays the data in real time to help you have conscious control them.
Biofeedback