Main description:

Examination, clinical reasoning, therapeutic interventions, and the therapist-patient relationship all play an inseparable part in the physical therapy process. Physical Therapy and Assessment provides PT students with logical, step-by-step guidance on how to perform examinations, document findings, draw up individual treatment plans, and so help students gain a better understanding of this complex process.

Key Features include:

More than 350 high-quality color photos and illustrations that accompany detailed assessment descriptions
Specific guidance on: structures and functions of the musculoskeletal system; joint measurement based on the neutral zero method; testing intra-articular mobility; cardiopulmonary functions; cardiac stress; and exertion assessment
A chapter devoted to pain assessment and management, with access to free patient assessment forms on Thieme's MediaCenter

All first-and second-year physical therapy students will find this book a valuable resource that enriches their learning experience and enables them to successfully examine and evaluate patients.

Contents:

1 The Physical Therapy Process: Examination, Clinical Reasoning, and Reflection

1.1 The Physical Therapy Process

1.2 Clinical Reasoning as Part of the Physical Therapy Process

1.3 Critical Phases in the Physical Therapy Process-Reflection Phases

2 Examination of Structures and Functions of the Locomotor System

2.1 Testing Structures

2.2 Testing of General Functions

3 Examination of Posture and Muscle Balance

3.1 Examining Posture and Muscle Balance

3.2 Diagnosis

3.3 Musculature

4 Pain as the Chief Symptom

4.1 Theoretical Foundations of Pain as a Chief Symptom

4.2 Physical Therapy Examination of Patients Whose Chief Symptom is Pain

5 Examining Cardiopulmonary Functions

5.1 Respiration-Examining the Pulmonary System

5.2 Examination of Cardiac Functions