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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Mestrado Universitario en Asistencia e Investigación Sanitaria (plan 2012) |
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| Termalism and Balneotherapy |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Termalism and Balneotherapy | Code | 653862213 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF SPAS | Concepts, history, evolution and current situation Types of thermal centers |
| MINEROMEDICINAL WATERS AND THERMAL PRODUCTS | Main characteristics of mineral-medicinal waters and thermal products Indications, contraindications, precautions |
| THERMAL THERAPY | Mechanisms of action of the thermal therapy. Specific actions derived from mineralization, route of administration and general effects Therapeutic indications of thermal therapy |
| HIDROTHERAPY AND AQUATIC THERAPY | Water as a therapeutic environment Physical effects derived from immersion and water application Water Application Techniques Applications of water in pathological processes |
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