title: Therapeutic modalities and procedures. Part II: Hydrotherapy and ultraviolet.
abstract: Hydrotherapy is the external application of water for therapeutic purposes. The therapeutic devices used for producing ultraviolet radiation are the hot quartz or mercury vapor lamp, the cold quartz lamp, the sun lamp with a tungsten filament, the carbon are unit, and the black light or Wood's filter for diagnostic fluorescence.
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects