Langbeschreibung
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1 The Physical Therapy Process: Examination, Clinical Reasoning, and Reflection1.1 The Physical Therapy Process1.2 Clinical Reasoning as Part of the Physical Therapy Process1.3 Critical Phases in the Physical Therapy Process-Reflection Phases2 Examination of Structures and Functions of the Locomotor System2.1 Testing Structures2.2 Testing of General Functions3 Examining Posture and Muscle Balance3.1 Posture3.2 Diagnosis3.3 Musculature4 Pain as the Chief Symptom4.1 Theoretical Foundations of Pain as a Chief Symptom4.2 Physical Therapy Examination of Patients Whose Chief Symptom is Pain5 Examining Cardiopulmonary Functions5.1 Respiration-Examining the Pulmonary System5.2 Examination of Cardiac Functions