Orthopaedics For The Physical Therapist Assistant

Mark Dutton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

760 Seiten

2011
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7637-9755-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Orthopaedics for the Physical Therapist Assistant provides the physical therapist assistant (PTA) student with a broad overview of orthopaedics. This comprehensive text describes the anatomy and biomechanics of each area of the spine, pelvis, and TMJ. Working from this foundation, detailed explanations on the re-evaluation and treatment of each of the various areas are given with an emphasis on techniques that are evidence-based.

Features
• An eclectic approach tying in anatomy, therapeutic exercise and kinesiology to the examination and pathology of each of the joints
• Terminology following the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice
• Special chapters on pediatrics, geriatrics, manual therapy, and women’s health.
• End-of-chapter questions for student review and assessment
• More than 700 illustrations, tables, figures, and photographs
• An Image Bank with full-color photos
* Five appendixes include a guide to conduct for physical therapist assistants, documentation, commonly used abbreviations, common laboratory values, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation terms and techniques.

Instructor Resources: PowerPoint Slides, TestBank, Image Bank with color photos

Autor

Mark Dutton is a Physical Therapist at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He has over 20 years ofexperience in practice and has authored several academic physical therapy textbooks.

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Sudbury
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 1644 g
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Rheumatologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie
• ISBN-10: 0-7637-9755-3 / 0763797553
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-9755-3 / 9780763797553
• Zustand: Neuware