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Health Professions Physical Therapy
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Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 5th Edition

By Carolyn Kisner, PT, MS, Assistant Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, School of Allied Medical Professions, Columbus, Ohio.
Lynn Allen Colby, PT, MS, Assistant Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University School of Allied Medical Professions, Columbus, Ohio.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1584-7
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1584-1

928 pp. 599 ill. Hard cover.  ©2007  Available now. $68.95

Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques
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Resources for Instructors Upon Adoption
Instructor’s Resource CD-ROM. A customized and online-ready Computerized Test Bank with specific questions for PT and PTA programs  •  Image Bank with selected images from the text  •  PT- and PTA-specific PowerPoint presentations.

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62 video clips that demonstrate basic therapeutic exercises and techniques, password protected  •  2 example syllabi for PTA programs, password protected  •  7 printable worksheets for lab activities  •  printable Management Guideline boxes from the text.

Thoroughly revised and updated throughout—in a long wearing, hard cover binding, Kisner & Colby’s 5th Edition offers the most up-to-date exercise guidelines for individualizing interventions for individuals with movement disorders. Now, with even more illustrations, it encompasses all of the principles of therapeutic exercise and manual therapy. This renowned manual remains the authoritative source for exercise instruction for the therapist and for patient self management.
Whats New?
    • New, long-wearing, hard cover binding. No more spiral binding!
    • 3 brand-new chapters—Prevention Health and Wellness Ÿ Exercises for Impaired Balance, and Ÿ Peripheral Nerve Disorders and Management.
    • MoreFocus on Evidenceboxes, as well as a continued emphasis onManagement Guidelines, and spotlight on Postoperative Outcomes.
    • More clinical examples and more cases studies.
    • More closely follows The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice.
    • More illustrations—including anatomical reviews, clinical photographs, and line drawings.
    • And, much more!

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Key Features
    • Superb art program, including anatomical illustrations, line drawings, photographs. and radiographs.
    • Focus on Evidence boxes summarizing current literature.
    • Management Guideline boxes.
    • Pathology/Surgical Procedure and Preferred Practice Pattern tables.
    • Postsurgery Outcome boxes.
    • Clinical Examples and Case Studies with questions throughout.
    • Clinical Laboratory activities at the end of each chapter.
    • Critical Thinking and Discussion questions at the end of every chapter.

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Table of Contents
 

I.    General Concepts
1.   Therapeutic Exercise: Foundational Concepts
2.   Prevention and Wellness  NEW!

II.  Applied Science of Exercise and Techniques
3.   Range of Motion
4.   Stretching for Impaired Mobility
5.   Peripheral Joint Mobilization
6.   Resistance Exercise for Impaired Muscle Performance
7.   Principles of Aerobic Exercise
8.   Exercise for Impaired Balance  NEW!
9.   Aquatic Exercise

III.  Principles of Intervention
10. Soft Tissue Injury, Repair, and Management
11. Joint, Connective Tissue, and Bone Disorders and Management
12. Surgical Interventions and Postoperative Management
13. Peripheral Nerve Disorders and Management

IV. Exercise Interventions by Body Region
14. The Spine and Posture: Structure, Function, Postural Impairments, and Management Guidelines
15. The Spine: Impairments, Diagnoses, and Management Guidelines
16. The Spine: Exercise Interventions
17. The Shoulder and Shoulder Girdle
18. The Elbow and Forearm Complex
19. The Wrist and Hand
20. The Hip
21. The Knee
22. The Ankle and Foot

V.  Special Areas of Therapeutic Exercise
23. Women’s Health: Obstetrics and Pelvic Floor
24. Management of Vascular Disorders of the Extremities
25. Management of Pulmonary Conditions

Appendix: Systematic Musculoskeletal Examination Guidelines

 


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