Exercise Therapy in the Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Beschreibung
Exercise Therapy in the Management of MusculoskeletalDisorders covers the fundamentals of using exercise as atreatment modality across a broad range of pathologies includingosteoarthritis, inflammatory arthropathies and osteoporosis. Aswell as offering a comprehensive overview of the role of exercisetherapy, the book evaluates the evidence and puts it to work withpractical ideas for the management of musculoskeletal disorders indifferent areas of the body, for differing pathologies and for arange of patients.
Part 1 introduces the reader tothe role of exercise in managingmusculoskeletal disorders and covers measurement and assessment.Part 2 looks at the regional application of exercise therapy withchapters on areas of the body such as the cervical spine, theshoulder complex and the knee. Part 3 examines specificpopulations: the developing child, the cardiac and respiratorypatient, obesity and osteoporosis.
Exercise Therapy in the Management of MusculoskeletalDisorders is an invaluable resource for studentphysiotherapists as well as clinicians designing rehabilitationprogrammes for their patients.
KEY FEATURES
* Concise and comprehensive
* Team of expert contributors
* Offers practical guidance
* Evaluates the evidence
Autor*in
Fiona Wilson-O'Toole
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"Overall, this is a welcome addition. The book is not simply acompilation of exercises separated into body regions, rather itoffers evidence-based rationales for their specific uses and, moreimportantly, when to progress a patient to higher levels ofdifficulty." (Doody's, 9 December 2011)
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