Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Toward Function, Third Edition provides a conceptual framework for learning how to make clinical decisions regarding the prescription of therapeutic exercise—from deciding which exercise(s) to teach, to how to teach them, to the dosage required for the best outcome. Readers will learn how to use therapeutic exercise and related interventions to treat the impairments that correlate to functional limitations and disability and to work toward optimal function. Highlights of this Third Edition include case studies in each chapter and more than 200 new photographs and illustrations.

Unit I: Foundations of Therapeutic Exercise

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Therapeutic Exercise and the Model of Functioning and Ability
• Chapter 2: Patient Management
• Chapter 3: Principles of Self-Management and Exercise Instruction
• Chapter 4: Prevention and the Promotion of Health, Wellness, and Fitness

Unit II: Physiologic Impairments and Therapeutic Exercise

• Chapter 5: Impaired Muscle Performance
• Chapter 6: Impaired Aerobic Capacity/Endurance
• Chapter 7: Impaired Range of Motion and Joint Mobility
• Chapter 8: Impaired Balance
• Chapter 9: Impaired Posture
• Chapter 10: Pain includes content from former chapter on Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Unit III: Special Physiologic Considerations in Therapeutic Exercise

• Chapter 11: Soft Tissue Injury in Postoperative Treatment
• Chapter 12: Therapeutic Exercise for Arthritis
• Chapter 13: Therapeutic Exercise in Obstetrics

Unit IV: Sample Specialties of Therapeutic Exercise Intervention>/B>

• Chapter 14: Closed Kinetic Training
• Chapter 15: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
• Chapter 16: Aquatic Physical Therapy

Unit V: Functional Approach to Therapeutic Exercise of the Lower Extremities

• Chapter 17: The Lumbopelvic Region
• Chapter 18: The Pelvic Floor
• Chapter 19: The Hip
• Chapter 20: The Knee
• Chapter 21: The Ankle/Foot

Unit VI: Functional Approach to Therapeutic Exercise for the Upper Extremities

• Chapter 22: The Temporomandibular Joint
• Chapter 23: The Cervical Spine
• Chapter 24: The Thoracic Spine
• Chapter 25: The Shoulder Girdle
• Chapter 26: The Elbow, Forearm, Wrist, and Hand

Unit VII: Case Studies