Musculoskeletal assessment
Chapter 11 Musculoskeletal assessment Lynne Gaskell Introduction Students are often in awe of qualified clinicians who assess and make complex clinical reasoning decisions in real time with apparently little effort….
An introduction to fractures
Chapter 22 An introduction to fractures Helen Alsop the Executive Committee of the Association of Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists This chapter looks at some basic facts and concepts about fractures but…
Electrotherapy
Chapter 19 Electrotherapy Tim Watson Introduction Electrotherapy has been a component of physiotherapy practice since the early days of the profession. Modern electrotherapy use deserves to be evidence-based and the…
Exercise in rehabilitation
Chapter 13 Exercise in rehabilitation Duncan Mason Introduction Exercise is one of the cornerstones of rehabilitation, widely used by many types of health professionals to manage an even wider range…
Muscle imbalance
Chapter 14 Muscle imbalance Alan Chamberlain, Wendy Munro and Alec Rickard Introduction The concept of muscle imbalance (and balance) is not new. This is evidenced through over 60 years of…
Joint arthroplasty
Chapter 23 Joint arthroplasty Ann Price Introduction There is no ‘typical’ patient who is appropriate for a joint arthroplasty. As with all modern medicine, a decision has to be made…
Neurodynamics
Chapter 25 Neurodynamics Monika Lohkamp, Lee Herrington and Katie Small Introduction In 1864, Lasegue first described the straight leg raise test (SLR) as an assessment for lower back problems with…
Management of respiratory diseases
Chapter 6 Management of respiratory diseases Stephanie Enright and Fiona M. Schreuder Note Other relevant information such as the active cycle of breathing technique (ACBT) and basic respiratory anatomy and…
Cardiac rehabilitation
Chapter 8 Cardiac rehabilitation Sushma Sanghvi Cardiac rehabilitation Physiotherapists are valuable members of the multi-disciplinary cardiac rehabilitation team. This chapter provides important key information about the research evidence, exercise prescription…
