What does PAMS stand for?

• A. Physical Agent Modalities
• B. Physical Action Monitoring System
• C. Physical and Applied Modality Science
• D. Physical Agent Management System

Answer: (A)

PAMS is a term you’ll see in rehab practice and exams that groups together therapeutic methods that deliver energy or agents to the body to produce physiological effects. The best expansion is Physical Agent Modalities, which includes treatments like heat, cold, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, traction, and light, used to prepare tissues for therapy, relieve pain, reduce edema, or improve range of motion. The other options aren’t standard terms used in rehabilitation to describe this category of treatments, so they don’t match the recognized acronym.