Chapter 16 Screening the Lower Quadrant Buttock, Hip, Groin, Thigh, and Leg The causes of lower quadrant pain or dysfunction vary widely; presentation of symptoms is equally wide ranging. Vascular…
Chapter 7 Screening for Pulmonary Disease For the client with neck, shoulder, or back pain at presentation, it may be necessary to consider the possibility of a pulmonary cause requiring…
Chapter 17 Screening the Chest, Breasts, and Ribs Clients do not present in a physical therapy clinic with chest or breast pain as the primary symptom very often. The therapist…
Chapter 9 Screening for Hepatic and Biliary Disease As with many of the organ systems in the human body, the hepatic and biliary organs (liver, gallbladder, and common bile duct)…
Chapter 15 Screening the Sacrum, Sacroiliac, and Pelvis Following the model for decision making in the screening process outlined in Chapter 1 (see Box 1-7), we now turn our attention…
Chapter 18 Screening the Shoulder and Upper Extremity The therapist is well aware that many primary neuromuscular and musculoskeletal conditions in the neck, cervical spine, axilla, thorax, thoracic spine, and…
Chapter 12 Screening for Immunologic Disease Immunology, one of the few disciplines with a full range of involvement in all aspects of health and disease, is one of the most…
Chapter 14 Screening the Head, Neck, and Back It is estimated that 80% to 90% of the western population will experience an episode of acute back pain at least once…
Chapter 5 Screening for Hematologic Disease The blood consists of two major components: plasma, a pale yellow or gray-yellow fluid; and formed elements, erythrocytes (red blood cells [RBCs]), leukocytes (white…
Chapter 11 Screening for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease Endocrinology is the study of ductless (endocrine) glands that produce hormones. A hormone acts as a chemical agent that is transported by…
