Physical Rehabilitation Practice Test

Fluidotherapy uses warm air with circulating cellulose particles to gently heat, desensitize, and movement-limiting edema in the hand. A fundamental safety rule is to avoid this modality when there are open wounds in the treated area. The warm environment and particulate medium can compromise wound integrity, increase the risk of infection, and disrupt healing. This is why open wounds in the hand are treated as a contraindication. Chronic swelling without wounds isn’t a barrier to use; edema reduction is one of the goals of fluidotherapy and it can be beneficial. A recent skin infection that is not on the treated limb doesn’t automatically prevent use if the infection is elsewhere and the hand itself isn’t infected. The statement that all hand injuries are contraindicated is incorrect because many hand injuries can still benefit from this modality when there are no open wounds or active infection in the treated area.