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Physical Therapy in Dermatology: Cold, Heat, Electromagnetic Radiation

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The application of high and low temperatures for therapeutic purposes is included in the procedures of physical medicine. This approach belongs to the oldest medical treatments and is used in the most diverse medical systems, in the past and at present, in conventional Western medicine as well as in alternative and Chinese medicine. In dermatology, physical regimens are applied in the form of local treatments. This chapter provides an overview of the different therapeutic modalities, with administration of cold as cryosurgery, heat therapy as well as non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, and their dermatological indications.

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  1. Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Dessau, Germany

    Christos C. Zouboulis

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars French

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

  5. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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    Thomas Ruzicka

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Zouboulis, C.C. (2020). Physical Therapy in Dermatology: Cold, Heat, Electromagnetic Radiation. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_118-1

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