Musculoskeletal Key

Chapter 26 Neurological physiotherapy Christine Smith, Anita Watson and Louise Connell Introduction Neurology is a specialised field that deals with disorders of the nervous system. There are a vast number…

Chapter 17 Pain Lester Jones, G. Lorimer Moseley and Catherine Carus (Case study development) Introduction Pain is a common and normal human experience. Pain helps us to learn to adopt…

Chapter 9 Physiotherapy in thoracic surgery Anne Dyson and Kelly L. Youd Anatomy of the thorax The skeleton of the thorax is an osteocartilagenous framework within which lie the principal…

Chapter 7 Adult spontaneous and conventional mechanical ventilation Sue Pieri Davies, Helen Carruthers with a Contribution from and Melanie Reardon Introduction This chapter focusses on the ventilatory aspects of the…

Chapter 16 Sports management Hilary Pape Introduction This chapter is aimed at the physiotherapist wishing to work in the field of sports. It sets out to highlight the key skills…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…