
Joao S Afonso MPT
Physical Therapist
301 Birnie Avenue Suite 201 Springfield MA, 01107About
Joao Afonso is a physical therapist practicing in Springfield, MA. Joao Afonso specializes in physical treatment to help a patient reduce pain, restore mobility, rehabilitate an injury, or increase movement and overall function. As a physical therapist, Joao Afonso can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Joao Afonso will create a treatment plan based on the patients specific injury or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Effect of intravenous administration of SO4Mg in the acute phase of myocardial infarct].
- [Therapeutic effectiveness of intravenous magnesium sulfate in tachyarrhythmia. Apropos of 4 clinical cases].
- [Myocardial infarct in young drug addicts. Apropos of 2 clinical cases].
- Production of pregnancy zone protein by contraceptive steroids.
- [Haptoglobin phenotypes and the pressure reaction to exertion in normotensive subjects].
- [The efficacy of isosorbide dinitrate administered in an intravenous bolus in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema].
- [Primary hyperaldosteronism--4 clinical cases].
- [Fever in the first 48 hours of an acute myocardial infarct treated with fibrinolytics--an indicator of nonreperfusion of the coronary vessels?].
- [A case of rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle occurring at a district hospital. The problems of communication with heart surgery centers].
- [The oxidative stress produced by acute myocardial infarct and its repercussion on lipid peroxidation. The effect of thrombolytic therapy].
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