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Introduction: Pharmacology

CD Ciccone, PhD, PT, is Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Science and Human Performance, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850 (USA).

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As physical therapists, we often encounter patients who are taking various medications. We would, in fact, be hard-pressed to identify any patient population receiving physical therapy that has not received some type of pharmacologic treatment. In some cases, drug therapy and physical therapy have synergistic goals; that is, medications are administered to treat the same condition being treated with physical therapy. Likewise, medications may be administered to treat preexisting conditions that are not directly related to the condition being treated with physical therapy, but these medications can nonetheless have an impact on the patient's response to rehabilitation. Hence, we have become increasingly aware that pharmacology and physical therapy are inextricably linked to each other and that pharmacology is an area of patient management that should be examined in our literature.

This special series provides some insights as to how pharmacology relates to physical therapy....

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