Physical Therapist's Clinical Companion / Edition 1

by LWW

Overview

This uniquely convenient reference offers important focus on motor dysfunction, hundreds of illustrations and easy-scan charts, patient-teaching points, and expert advice for unusual clinical situations, and women's health. Contents include general assessment, signs and symptoms, outcome measurement, diagnostic tests, rhythm strip interpretation, common disorders, traumatic injury, cardiac rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise, gait problems, wheelchair selection, common procedures, wound care, medications, a review of the Americans with Disabilities Act, English-Spanish words and phrases, selected references, and an index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582550046
Publisher:	LWW
Publication date:	01/09/2000
Series:	Springhouse Clinical Companion Series , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Springhouse Corporation

Table of Contents

  1     General Assessement
  2     Signs and Symptoms
  3     Outcome Measurement
  4     Diagnostic tests
  5     Understanding Rhythm Strips
  6     Common Disorders
  7     Traumatic Injury
  8     Cardiac Rehabilitation
  9     Therapeutic Exercise
10     Gait Problems
11     Prostheses and Orthoses
12     Wheelchair Fit
13     Common Modalities
14     Wound Care
15     Medicationss

Appendices

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Aaron M. McBride, MPT, ATC (HealthSouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center)
Description: This text is intended as a clinical companion tool for physical therapists and physical therapy students working in the clinical environment.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide physical therapists with information of essential clinical relevance so that they have a thorough understanding of a patient's condition and can formulate the most appropriate treatment plan. In today's insurance crunch, this text is a nice tool for basic information and understanding of certain diagnoses, resulting in ease of critical decision making.
Audience: Essentially, this is a compilation of information for both practicing therapists and students. The information derived is from clinicians practicing in their respective fields such as neurological, orthopedic, and cardiovascular rehabilitation.
Features: A nice overview of a wide variety of conditions from all realms of physical therapy is provided. Specific chapters such as those regarding diagnostic testing and ECG analysis are nicely illustrated, demonstrating outcomes of tests and their interpretation. The illustrations are of a hand drawn nature, but are nonetheless quite informative and descriptive.
Assessment: This is a nice tool for those who are just entering the profession either as students or therapists undergoing a change of venue. Most experienced therapists in their field will already have a larger base of knowledge than what is offered here, but this is a good tool to have on hand for reference.

Doody's Review Service

3 Stars from Doody

This text is intended as a clinical companion tool for physical therapists and physical therapy students working in the clinical environment. The purpose is to provide physical therapists with information of essential clinical relevance so that they have a thorough understanding of a patient's condition and can formulate the most appropriate treatment plan. In today's insurance crunch, this text is a nice tool for basic information and understanding of certain diagnoses, resulting in ease of critical decision making. Essentially, this is a compilation of information for both practicing therapists and students. The information derived is from clinicians practicing in their respective fields such as neurological, orthopedic, and cardiovascular rehabilitation. A nice overview of a wide variety of conditions from all realms of physical therapy is provided. Specific chapters such as those regarding diagnostic testing and ECG analysis are nicely illustrated, demonstrating outcomes of tests and their interpretation. The illustrations are of a hand drawn nature, but are nonetheless quite informative and descriptive. This is a nice tool for those who are just entering the profession either as students or therapists undergoing a change of venue. Most experienced therapists in their field will already have a larger base of knowledge than what is offered here, but this is a good tool to have on hand for reference.

Aaron M. McBride