| A | B |
|---|
| Continuous | Applied for long periods of time, small amount of weight. |
| Static | Applied for a few minutes to a half hour, uses more weight. |
| Intermittent | Uses a device that applies and teleases traction in preset times. |
| Manual | The therapist grasps the client and manually applies the traction, usually only for a few seconds. Allows the therapist to feel the reaction |
| Positional | The client is placed in various positions to administer a lontigudinal pull. |
| Autotraction | Uses a special table that can be angulated and rotated. Patient applies traction themself by pulling. |
| Gravity inversion | Client is held in an upside-down position usually by the ankles. |
| Adhesive skin traction | A glue coated strip of material is placed on the patient's skin and supported by an elastic wrap. |
| Adhering skin traction | Uses a cloth-backed foam rubber that when wrapped around the extremity pushes the skin through the holes. |
| Encircling traction | Applied by devices that wrap around the body part, easily removed. |
