Physical Therapy: A Guide to Library Research

"The description of physical therapist practice, for use by physical therapist and physical therapist assistant educators, students and clinicians."

Starting with patient assessment, the authors explain the physiological basis of all major cardiopulmonary problems before describing the physiotherapy interventions possible - this ensures the reader understands why the problems occur and not just how to treat them.

Quick and convenient, this resource provides a clinical overview of a wide variety of diseases and disorders that affect the cardiovascular system and lungs and the physical therapy management of patients with them.

Provides invaluable advice and practical guidance on cases and problems encountered on a daily basis allowing you to work with ease and confidence. By adopting a problem solving approach to the cases through the use of questions and answers, the authors will help you to think constructively about each case within all the key specialties of physiotherapy.

This book offers the first comprehensive look at CPRs as they relate to PT practice. Its format is arranged so that the pertinent information is readily available to influence clinical decision making while also providing sufficient depth. CPR development level is provided, a quality assessment score is listed as well as a clinical bottom line paragraph to provide the reader with a summative statement.

Includes information on the most relevant therapies needed to incorporate evidence-based complementary therapies into PT practice.

Provides clinicians with a summary of contraindications and precautions to review before treating patients seeking physical rehabilitation. This detailed resource discusses all of the contraindications in one convenient source and includes the full range of interventions, ranging from physical agents to supportive devices to therapeutic exercises.

Makes clinically relevant statistical procedures easier to understand, organize, interpret, and use when evaluating patients and the effectiveness of your practice.

The five steps of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) provide the foundation for this book that supports student learning to find, appraise, and apply evidence to improve patient outcomes.

Covering all commonly used interventions for acute and chronic low back pain conditions, this book consolidates current scientific studies and research evidence into a single, practical resource.

A comprehensive presentation of geriatric physical therapy science and practice. Provide current information on aging-related changes in function, the impact of these changes on patient examination and evaluation, and intervention approaches that maximize optimal aging.

This manual outlines the causes for common shoulder conditions, including shoulder impingement, rotator cuff, tendinitis, dislocation and repetitive motion injuries.

This volume covers the broad spectrum of imaging methods and abnormalities of relevance in the diagnostic workup of the shoulder.

A concise and readable introduction to the principles and practice of a person-centered interprofessional approach to rehabilitation, based upon a firm scientific evidence base.

Helps students understand the principles behind the theory and rationale for the application of physical agents. This updated edition uses guided activities to allow students to make observations, think as a therapist, and draw their own conclusions.

An introduction for physical therapists who want to seek management positions in any health care setting. It will also offer reluctant managers and students an opportunity to view a broad range of possibilities for physical therapists as managers.

A hands-on, how-to approach helps you learn techniques and clinical problem-solving skills for treating spine and TMJ disorders. This book provides the information you need to make sound decisions during clinical interventions. An evidence-based impairment classification approach helps you provide the best outcomes for your patients.

Ensure children with disabilities and special healthcare needs achieve their full potential.

Rely on this comprehensive, curriculum-spanning text and reference now and throughout your career! It focuses on the rehabilitation management of adult patients, integrating basic surgical, medical, and therapeutic interventions to explain how to select the most appropriate evaluation procedures, to develop rehabilitation goals, and to implement a treatment plan.