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PTA Physical Therapy Assistant

Category - Interventions

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Which is not a contraindication for pneumatic compression treatment?

Cellulitis
Ischemia
Thrombophelebitis
Lymphedema

Explanation

Answer: D - Lymphedema is not a contraindication for pneumatic compression treatment.

Pneumatic compression treatment is applied by the pneumatic pump with a series of controls which regulates the sequence of inflation and deflation. The compression effect is useful in the treatment of lymphedema. But the compression produced can aggravate the cellulitis, ischemia, and thrombophelebitis.

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