Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Approach

In Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Approach, Dr. S. Brent Brotzman and Robert C. Manske help you apply the most effective, evidence-based protocols for maximizing return to function following common sports injuries and post-surgical conditions. A well-respected, comprehensive source for evaluating, treating, and rehabilitating orthopaedic patients, the 3rd Edition guides you on the prevention of running injuries, the latest perturbation techniques, and the ACL rehabilitation procedures and functional tests you need to help get your patients back in the game or the office. You’ll also find a brand-new spine rehabilitation section, an extensively revised art program, and online access to videos demonstrating rehabilitation procedures of common orthopaedic conditions at www.expertconsult.com.

"This textbook is easy to read, with well-placed text boxes and many illustrations. Photographs and line drawings are used in good combination to complement the text and illustrate the techniques described. This book is useful for orthopaedic pathology and physical therapy students and also to sports orthopedists."

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (review of 2nd edition)

"The aim of the authors, in preparing this third edition of Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, is immediately to strengthen and broaden the scope of information in the field of traumatology-orthopedics and rehabilitation applied to pathology sports, all practitioners treating musculoskeletal disorders as well as orthopedic surgeons, family physicians, and coaches. All information is based on sound evidence and covers all the new and innovative techniques in examination, classification systems, differential diagnoses, and treatment options."

ReeDOC, July 2011