Upper Extremity Plyometrics
Kevin E. Wilk, PT, DPT * From Wilk, K.E., Andrews, J.R., Arrigo, C.A., et al. (2001): Preventive and Rehabilitative Exercises for the Shoulder and Elbow, 5th ed. Birmingham, AL, American Sports…
Interval Rehabilitation Programs
Interval throwing program for baseball players—phase I The interval throwing program (ITP) is designed to gradually return motion, strength, and confidence in the throwing arm after injury or surgery by…
Rehabilitation of Wrist and Hand Injuries
Chapter objectives • Apply rehabilitation guidelines to sports-related wrist and hand injuries. • Describe the mechanism of injury and clinical picture with common hand injuries. • Identify treatment pitfalls to…
Aquatic Rehabilitation
Chapter objectives • Explain the physical properties of water, including buoyancy, hydrostatic pressure, viscosity, and fluid dynamics. • Identify the effect of immersion on weight bearing and appropriately apply weight-bearing…
Shoulder Rehabilitation
Chapter objectives • Incorporate biomechanical principles of the shoulder as they relate to prevention and postinjury or postsurgical rehabilitation for specific injuries. • Associate anatomic structures of the shoulder to…
Rehabilitation of Elbow Injuries
Chapter objectives • Associate anatomic structures of the elbow with particular injuries based on the function of the structures during specific athletic endeavors. • Correlate the findings from a clinical…
Measurement in Rehabilitation
Chapter objectives • Explain and recommend various instruments and methods of measurement. • Perform and interpret objective measurements of girth and joint motion. • Discuss the reliability and validity of…
Range of Motion and Flexibility
Chapter objectives • Recognize and describe methods of assessing and measuring range of motion and flexibility. • Identify the principles associated with stretching of connective tissue structures. • Explain the…
Biomechanical Implications in Shoulder and Knee Rehabilitation
Chapter objectives • Summarize the importance of thorough knowledge of the biomechanical factors associated with rehabilitation. • Describe the best rehabilitation exercises to elicit recruitment of the glenohumeral and scapulothoracic…
Rehabilitation Considerations for the Female Athlete
Chapter objectives • Explain the biomechanical and neuromuscular factors that predispose females to lower extremity injury. • Relate biomechanical and neuromuscular factors to the lower extremity injuries more commonly experienced…
