Orthopaedic physical therapy

This comprehensive textbook of musculoskeletal rehabilitation features discussion of both conservative and post-surgical rehabilitation. ORTHOPAEDIC PHYSICAL THERAPY, 3rd Edition offers thorough coverage of the evaluation and treatment of the musculoskeletal system, organized by body region. A wealth of illustrations enhances the text and help users grasp various techniques. This outstanding tool focuses on the variety of different manual therapy techniques available, including mobilization, soft tissue mobilization, and neural mobilization. Discussions of the Cyriax, Maitland, and McKenzie techniques are also featured.

I. Fundamental principles. Tissue response / Mary Engles -- Exercise treatment for the rehabilitated patient: cardiopulmonary and peripheral responses / Scot Irwin -- Theory and practice of muscle strengthening in orthopaedic physical therapy / Robbin Wickham and Lynn Snyder-Mackler -- II. The upper quarter. Upper quarter evaluation: structural relationships and interdependence / Bruce Greenfield -- Influences of the cervical spine on the stomatognathic system / Steven L. Kraus -- Dysfunction, evaluation, and treatment of the cervical spine and thoracic inlet / Steven A. Stratton and Jean M. Bryan -- Differential assessment and mobilization of the cervical and upper thoracic spine / Robert B. Sprague -- Dysfunction, evaluation, and treatment of the shoulder / Steven C. Janos and William G. Boissonnault -- Arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder / Rick K. St. Pierre -- The elbow region / David C. Reid and Shirley Kushner -- Dysfunction, evaluation, and treatment of the wrist and hand / Blanca Zita Gonzalez-King, Dorie B. Syen, and Brenda Lipscomb Burgess -- Reconstructive surgery of the wrist and hand / Joseph S. Wilkes -- Mobilization of the upper extremity / Michael J. Wooden -- III…