This book has been revised and updated to reflect current practice and thinking. The book continues to draw on the expert knowledge of the staff at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital to provide clear explanations of the various conditions and disorders which lead to movement problems and the physiotherapists role in enabling patients to regain their optimum level of mobility. Features include a new chapter on the biomechanics of shoulder movement which provides additional coverage of the interplay between joints and muscle groups connected with the shoulder; a new chapter that considers patients in pain during chronic illness and looks at ways to successfully manage these patients and help relieve some of their symptoms; extensively illustrations.
This book has been revised and updated to reflect current practice and thinking. The book continues to draw on the expert knowledge of the staff at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital to provide clear explanations of the various conditions and disorders which lead to movement problems and the physiotherapists role in enabling patients to regain their optimum level of mobility. Features include a new chapter on the biomechanics of shoulder movement which provides additional coverage of the interplay between joints and muscle groups connected with the shoulder; a new chapter that considers patients in pain during chronic illness and looks at ways to successfully manage these patients and help relieve some of their symptoms; extensively illustrations.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
265 b&w illustrations, references, bibliographies
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7234-1843-6 (9780723418436)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The mechanics of lower limb orthoses; biomechanics of gait; applied gait assessment; bone and joint pathology; childhood disorders of the hip and inequality of leg length; examination and assessment of the spine and peripheral joints; principles of treatment following joint examination and assessment; osteoarthritis of facet joints and lumbar intervertebral disc disease; surgery for spinal disorders - clinical; surgery for spinal disorders - physiotherapy; spinal deformities; rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile chronic arthritis; the spondyloarthropathies; miscellaneous inflammatory arthropathies; osteoarthritis; osteotomy; arthodesis and arthroplasty; lower limb joint replacement; physiotherapy following surgery to the lower limb; biomechanics of shoulder movement.