Chapter 8 Cardiac rehabilitation Sushma Sanghvi Cardiac rehabilitation Physiotherapists are valuable members of the multi-disciplinary cardiac rehabilitation team. This chapter provides important key information about the research evidence, exercise prescription…
Chapter 20 Physiotherapy for people with major amputation Carolyn A. Hale Introduction Rehabilitation following amputation is the responsibility of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), with the patient focussed in the centre….
Chapter 12 The physiotherapy management of inflammation, healing and repair Janette Grey and Gillian Rawlinson Introduction This chapter will introduce the reader to the processes involved in inflammation and tissue…
Chapter 24 Physiotherapy management of Parkinson’s and of older people Bhanu Ramaswamy and Paula McCandless Introduction Physiotherapists working with older adults and people diagnosed with Parkinson’s are required to have…
Chapter 10 Changing relationships for promoting health Sally French and John Swain Introduction Our focus for this chapter is ‘changing relationships’. The chapter is divided into three sections. The first,…
Chapter 5 Reflection Sarah Prenton, Lindsey Dugdill and Linda Hollingworth Introduction Reflection is a process that is acknowledged as being fundamental to skilled clinical practice for healthcare professionals. However, the…
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 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…
