Essentials of Orthopaedics & Applied Physiotherapy
- 2nd Edition - October 30, 2010
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Authors: Prakash P Kotwal, Jayant Joshi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 1 1 4 7 - 2
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- Additional chapters on The Bones and the Joints, Common Paediatric and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Disorders, The Prevention of Fractures and Emergency Management of a Polytrauma Patient
- All chapters thoroughly revised and updated
- Summary boxes and treatment algorithms added
- Physiotherapeutic management of all orthopaedic conditions elaborately discussed
- Most of the line illustrations replaced by real life clinical photographs or radiographs and radiographs supported by line illustrations for better understanding
- Exhaustive tables for easy recapitulation
- Edition: 2
- Published: October 30, 2010
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9788131211472
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Prakash P Kotwal
Prakash Kotwal attained his MS (Orthopaedics) from M G M. Medical College, Indore, India in 1977 and joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. After serving in the department of Orthopaedics at AIIMS in various positions, he is presently working as Professor and Head of the department. He is recipient of WHO Fellowship, Indo-German Fellowship and IOA Travelling Fellowship. He has been a visiting Professor in Orthopaedics to the B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal in 2001. He has authored two text books, published over 100 scientific articles in national and international journals and has contributed more than 26 chapters in various text books.
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Jayant Joshi
Jayant Joshi is a well-known Physiotherapist with decades of experience in the field of physiotherapy. He was formerly the Superintendent in the Department of Physiotherapy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was also a Consultant in the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi.