Category: Physical Therapy / Physiotherapy

LANGE Q&A Physician Assistant Examination, Eighth Edition

LANGE Q&A Physician Assistant Examination, Eighth Edition

The most comprehensive review available for the PANCE and PANRE―fully revised and updated with all-new professional practice content

More than 1,300+ Q&As and an Online Practice Exam Help You Achieve Your Highest Score Possible on the PANCE AND PANRE Exams

• 1,300+ multiple-choice questions supplement coursework and help you prepare for the certification exams
• Each question is accompanied by a detailed, referenced answer
• Organized by body system to help you pinpoint your areas of strength and weakness
• High-yield chapter on test-taking skills and techniques―plus score boosting-hints
• Includes 40% new Q&As with coverage of the latest treatment and diagnostic tests
• New! Professional practice chapter and expanded color page supplements for images and ECGs
• Thorough review of basic science and clinical science concepts
• Topics include Cardiovascular, Dermatology, Endocrinology, EENT, Gastroenterology, Genitourinary, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Musculoskeletal, Nephrology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Reproductive Medicine

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Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction 6th Edition

Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction 6th Edition

The definitive work on occupational therapy for physical dysfunction returns in its Sixth Edition of this medical book, with reputable co-editors and clinical, academic, and consumer contributors. This medical book provides a current and well-rounded view of the field- from theoretical rationale to evaluation, treatment, and follow-up. Through the Occupational Functioning Model (OFM), the Sixth Edition continues to emphasize the conceptual foundation and scientific basis for practice, including evidence to support the selection of appropriate assessments and interventions.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Student DVD with video clips demonstrating range of motion, manual muscle testing, construction of hand splints, and transferring patients
• Evidence Tables summarize the evidence behind key topics and cover Intervention, Participants, Dosage, Type of Best Evidence, Level of Evidence, Benefit, Statistical Probability, and Reference
• Assessment Tables summarize key assessment tools and cover Instrument and Reference, Description, Time to Administer, Validity, Reliability, Sensitivity, and Strengths and Weaknesses

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Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health 6th Edition

Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health 6th Edition

In the newly revised Sixth Edition of Pocket Consultant: Occupational Health, an accomplished and distinguished team of researchers and practitioners deliver a fully updated overview of current occupational health practices. The book offers a complete, international perspective that includes discussions of issues like migrant working populations, and new chapters on occupational exposure in different industries and specific processes. Special issues such as working hours and shift work, alcohol and drug use testing, eHealth, military populations, fatigue, and sleep disorders are also discussed at length. Readers will also find:

• A thorough introduction to occupational health, including people involved, the roles of occupational health professionals, industrial processes, and health outcomes
• Comprehensive explorations of occupational health services at an international level, occupational diseases, and occupational infections
• Practical discussions of clinical evaluations, including pre-employment placement, fitness for work, health assessments, health surveillance, and medical records
• Examinations of medicolegal report writing and the legal and ethical aspects of occupational health
• In-depth examinations of occupational toxicology, occupational hygiene, chemical/physical/biological/psychosocial hazards, and the principles of risk assessment and risk management along with the latest on control toolkits
• A new companion website featuring flashcards and multiple-choice questions

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Muscle and Sensory Testing 4th Edition

Mastering the art of manual muscle and sensory testing is the first step on your path to becoming a physical therapist (PT). This easy-to-follow, logically organized resource includes an overview of muscle strength assessment and precise anatomic testing techniques for upper extremities, lower extremities, and head, neck, and trunk; functional muscle tests; tests for mental status, cranial nerves, and superficial reflexes; and use of observational gait analysis as a screening tool.

Photographs of testing procedures, line drawings of various innervations, and video clips showing manual muscle testing procedures augment your understanding of this important skill area.

• Photographs and illustrations demonstrate various techniques to help you better understand positioning, stabilization, and common substitutions.
• Chapters follow a logical progression from muscle testing to sensory testing to gait assessment,making the learning process clear.
• Chapters on dynamometry, sensory examination, neurologic examination, and gait provide you with additional need-to-know information on these key topics.

• NEW! Techniques of Functional Muscle Testing chapter includes completely revised content to give you a strong foundation of testing techniques.
• UPDATED! Expanded clinical notes and case vignettes challenge you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations and think creatively about clinical problems.
• UPDATED! Consistent chapter layout by joint and muscle system allows you to easily locate important information.
• UPDATED! References throughout the book enable you to quickly find the most up-to-date sources on specific topics.
• UNIQUE! 185 Video clips on the companion Evolve website reinforce your understanding of key techniques, such as muscle tests, handheld dynamometry, pediatric handheld dynamometry, sensory and neurologic testing, proper patient and clinician positioning, and force application.

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Palpation Techniques: Surface Anatomy for Physical Therapists 3rd Edition

This completely updated third edition of the award-winning Palpation Techniques is a beautifully illustrated guide with clear step-by-step descriptions that teach readers how to identify and distinguish between a multitude of underlying body structures, based mainly on palpation alone. A unique graphic technique using detailed drawings of muscles, bones, and tendons directly on the skin, which come alive in almost 900 full-color photographs along with complementary color illustrations, provides a solid understanding of the functional significance of each anatomic region. The previous edition introduced palpation techniques for the shoulder and included new photos and illustrations for the hand, hip, and foot. This third edition is upgraded with a chapter on the abdominal area and additional subchapters on further starting positions and palpation techniques of the shoulder, elbow, and hip/groin. Many new illustrations accompany these new sections.

Readers will learn how to use:

• Palpation during physical examination to localize painful, injured structures (provocative palpation)
• Joints as critical landmarks in carrying out tests and guiding manual therapy techniques
• Palpation of peripheral nerves to localize and assess sources of dysfunction and pain
• Deep soft-tissue palpation to relieve musculoskeletal pain

This outstanding book will enable physical therapy and osteopathy practitioners and students to refine their knowledge of practical anatomy further and thus optimize patient care.

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The Resistance Band Therapy Training Manual For Beginners

The Resistance Band Therapy Training Manual For Beginners

Have you ever wondered how you can possibly do a workout that entails you strengthening, toning, shapening and fitness exercising for both men and women without have to spend much time and other resources? Then this book on resistance band therapy exercising is just the best for you. The resistance band exercise is trending and evolving physical exercise(s) that you can carry out both indoors or outdoors.

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This book contains 7 chapters of well explained details of all you need to know about resistance band, its types and various specifications just incase you intend getting your own gadget, caring for your gadgets as well as precautionary measures to be taken when you finally get involved. Have fun reading!

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The Comprehensive Manual of Therapeutic Exercises: Orthopedic and General Conditions

The Comprehensive Manual of Therapeutic Exercises: Orthopedic and General Conditions

Therapeutic exercises can be found spread out amongst numerous texts, handouts, card boxes, and websites, which has sent clinicians, practitioners, and trainers searching for reliable, evidence-based exercises for the entire body, all packaged into a single, all-inclusive manual. To that end, The Comprehensive Manual of Therapeutic Exercises: Orthopedic and General Conditions was written as a fundamental resource on exercise theory and techniques, and as a comprehensive guide for designing exercise programs.

Dr. Elizabeth Bryan has compiled thousands of clinically relevant exercises to create a text that will teach students theory and proper application that they will then return to again and again in their career as a reference to aid in designing evidence-based exercise programs for their clients or patients.

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Introductory chapters cover exercise parameters, exercise progression, the importance of form, muscle soreness, and a reference for body position terminology, then subsequent chapters are organized by body area to cover most of the clinical exercises in use today. Each exercise includes photographs, a list of muscle systems that will be affected, specific substitutions to look for, and detailed instructions directed at students and clinicians. Also included are sections devoted to protocols and specialty exercises including yoga and tai chi.

Embracing the principles of evidence-based practice, “Where’s the Evidence?” boxes are prominently featured throughout the text to support the exercises and theory with up-to-date, relevant, sufficient, valid, and reliable studies.

Combining theory with practice, The Comprehensive Manual of Therapeutic Exercises: Orthopedic and General Conditions is an essential tool for students as well as clinicians, practitioners, or trainers to find the most appropriate exercises for their client’s or patient’s needs and apply them properly.

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