Application and quality control of Infra red radiation in physiotherapy in Alssafa Physiotherapy Hospital in Sudan

Abstract

The use of infrared radiation in physiotherapy plays a very important role to relieve pain by increasing blood flow through tissues and remove waste products from the targeted area, if it is used in scientific manner for example the time of duration for exposure as it recommended is 15 to 20 minutes and reach’s 30 minutes in some chronic cases. Also the distance between the source and the skin surface is in the range of 60cms to 90cms٫ for chronic and acute conditions respectively. On the other hand the lamp used to produce infrared radiation must be prepared in a certain specifications e.g. it is power density and it is efficiency must be known . By using digital thermometer to measure the temperature and using a measuring tape to measure the distance between the source and the skin surface so as to confirm the variation in the factors mentioned above. The researcher assumes that the source emission is 250 watt as it written on the lamp for chronic cases٫ the standard distance is 60 cm and for acute cases is 90 cm while the standard time for both is 20 minutes. The real doses given are different from session to session. Some of them are under dosed and others over dosed. The researcher worked out the optimum doses at specified times and distances above and tabulated his findings. He recommended standard values to proper treatment of acute and chronic