Physiotherapy in women’s health
Chapter 27 Physiotherapy in women’s health Gill Brook, Tamsin Brooks, Yvonne Coldron, Ruth Hawkes, Judith Lee, Melanie Lewis, Jacquelyne Todd, Kathleen Vits and Liz Whitney Introduction This chapter offers an…
The responsibilities of being a physiotherapist
Chapter 1 The responsibilities of being a physiotherapist Ceri Sedgley Introduction This chapter provides an insight into what it means to be a physiotherapist and a member of the physiotherapy…
Pharmacology
Chapter 4 Pharmacology Nicholas T.L. Southorn Introduction Pharmacology? This chapter is a new addition to Tidy’s which represents the innovative and forward motion of the profession of physiotherapy. Greater independence…
Clinical leadership
Chapter 3 Clinical leadership Alison Chambers Introduction The NHS, like all health care systems, is the sum total of the people who work in it and the day-to-day interactions they…
Collaborative health and social care, and the role of interprofessional education
Chapter 2 Collaborative health and social care, and the role of interprofessional education Alison Chambers, Lynn Clouder, Mandy Jones and Jill Wickham Introduction To new physiotherapy students it may seem…
Acupuncture in physiotherapy
Chapter 18 Acupuncture in physiotherapy Andrew Bannan A brief history of acupuncture While it is widely assumed that acupuncture originated in China, some evidence of its existence in central Europe…
Chondrosarcoma
By origin Primary CHS (arising de novo) Secondary CHS (arising from the cartilage cap of an osteochondroma, from sporadic enchondroma, or in skeletal enchondromatosis or osteochondromatosis) By anatomic location CHS…
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
Fig. 48.1 (a, b) ABC in the upper metaphysis of a humerus. Lytic, rapidly expansible lesion Fig. 48.2 (a, b) Two months follow-up shows a rapid ballooned expansion of the…
Fibrous Dysplasia
Sites of Involvement Monostotic and polyostotic forms arise more frequently in long bones (proximal femur, tibia, humerus) and craniofacial bones – especially in the jaws (the maxilla is more involved…
An Imaging Approach to Bone Tumors
Age Tumor First and second decade Nonossifying fibroma Unicameral bone cyst Aneurysmal bone cyst Chondroblastoma Langerhans cell histiocytosis Osteosarcoma Ewing sarcoma Third through fifth decade Giant cell tumor Lymphoma Parosteal…
