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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chapter objectives • Differentiate between rehabilitation and physical conditioning. • List the general goals of rehabilitation. • Define and explain the general phases of rehabilitation and the objectives for each…
Chapter objectives • Define the muscle-tendon unit. • Describe the stages of tissue healing and the importance of application of this knowledge in rehabilitation. • State the mechanism of injury…
Chapter objectives • Identify which modalities are effective and clinically useful for particular pathologies. • Identify incorrect modality application techniques that can compromise clinical effectiveness. • Choose the appropriate clinical…
