Dr. Melissa Dawn Folsom DPT
Physical Therapist
289 IRELAND AVE FORT KNOX KY, 40121About
Melissa Folsom is a physical therapist practicing in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Melissa Folsom 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, Melissa Folsom can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Melissa Folsom 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Biochemical characteristics of microsomal preparations from diazinon-resistant and -susceptible houseflies.
- Biochemical characteristics of insect microsomes: NADPH oxidation by intact microsomes from the housefly, Musca domestica.
- The effect of enzymes and other reagents on NADPH oxidation and oxygen uptake by microsomal preparations from the housefly, Musca domestica.
- Oxygen uptake by microsomal preparations from the housefly, Musca domestica.
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