Clinical Reasoning for Manual Therapists E-Book

by PT Jones BSc(Psych), GradDipManipTher Rivett BAppSc(Phty)

Overview

A practical text covering the theory and the practice of clinical reasoning skills for all physical therapists. Provides readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting. With a range of very high-caliber international contributors in the field of physiotherapy practice, this book gives the answers to the practitioner's question of how does one apply the theoretical knowledge involved in clinical reasoning to practice and how can one become a better practitioner as a result.* This book will provide readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting* Increase clinicians' awareness of the clinical reasoning process* Encourage clinicians' reflection of their own reasoning including factors that influence their reasoning, typical errors they may be making and how to promote skilled reasoning

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702038129
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	11/04/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	460
File size:	11 MB
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section 1: Principles of clinical reasoning in manual therapy 1. Introduction to clinical reasoning Section 2: Clinical reasoning in action: case studies from expert manual therapists 2. Back and bilateral leg pain in a 63 year old woman3. Ongoing low back, leg and thorax troubles, with tennis elbow and headache4. Chronic low back pain over 13 years5. Unnecessary fear avoidance and physical incapacity in a 55 year old housewife6. A chronic case of mechanic's elbow7. Chronic low back and coccygeal pain8. Ankle sprain in a 14 year old girl9. Headache in a mature athlete 10. Thoracic pain limiting a patient's secretarial work and sport11. Bilateral shoulder pain in a 16 year old long-distance swimmer 12. Medial collateral ligament repair in a professional ice hockey player13. Patellofemoral pain in a professional tennis player14. Self-management guided by directional preference and centralization in a patient with low back and leg pain15. Craniovertebral dysfunction following a motor vehicle accident 16.A judge's fractured radius with metal fixation following an accident17. A university student with chronic facial pain18. Adolescent hip pain19. A software programmer and sportsman with low back pain and sciatica 20.An elderly woman 'trapped within her own home' by groin pain21. Chronic peripartum pelvic pain22. Acute on chronic low back pain23. A non-musculoskeletal disorder masquerading as a musculoskeletal disorder24. Forearm pain preventing leisure activities Section 3: Theroy and development 25. Educational theory and principles related to learning clinical reasoning 26. Improving clinical reasoning in manual therapy Appendix 1: Reflective diary Appendix 2: Self-reflection worksheet Index

Editorial Reviews

Chiropractic Journal of Australia, December 2004 "The book is extremely useful for clinicians of all manual disciplines. Improved clinical documentation, which is a core component of evidence based practice."

"The authors have written an exceptionally well produced text for physiotherapists, osteopaths and other manual therapists on the art of clinical reasoning and following a diagnostic plan through to a conclusion...This text can be heartily recommended to all therapists wishing to explore all the options using a case by case analysis of real patients and their complaints." Osteopath Scotland, July 2010

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