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  • Common Pain Conditions

    A Clinical Guide to Natural Treatment
    • 1st Edition
    • November 1, 2016
    • Marc S. Micozzi + 1 more
    • English
    Learn to treat pain naturally using evidence-based therapies with Micozzi’s Common Pain Conditions: A Clinical Guide to Natural Treatments. This groundbreaking title provides in-depth information on current natural pain therapies that utilize the latest 21st scientific ideas, including the role of energy in medicine. Each chapter provides content on the biology and neuroscience, as well as social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of each natural treatment approach along with clinical data and pragmatic information about healing pain using these treatments. Whether your patients are suffering from anxiety, arthritis, back pain, chronic fatigue, depression, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel, migraine and tension headaches, phantom pain, post-traumatic stress, ulcers, or just general chronic pain and inflammatory conditions, this book offers the insights and evidence-based guidance you need to successfully treat pain naturally.
  • Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System

    Foundations for Rehabilitation
    • 3rd Edition
    • October 28, 2016
    • Donald A. Neumann
    • English
    With its focus on the normal and abnormal mechanical interactions between the muscles and joints of the body, Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition provides a foundation for the practice of physical rehabilitation. This comprehensive, research-based core text presents kinesiology as it relates to physical rehabilitation in a clinically relevant and accessible manner. It provides students and clinicians with the language of human movement — and acts as a bridge between basic science and clinical management. Full-color anatomic and kinesiologic illustrations clearly demonstrate the anatomy, functional movement, and biomechanical principles underlying movement; and dynamic new video clips help you interpret new concepts with visual demonstration.
  • The Clinician's Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech

    • 2nd Edition
    • October 21, 2016
    • Sally J. Peterson-Falzone + 3 more
    • English
    Get quick access to the most up-to-date information on cleft palate speech therapy with The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech, 2nd Edition. This textbook features an easy-to-use format — including many bulleted lists, tables, and illustrations — to give you instant access to the answers you need surrounding the effects of clefts and non-cleft velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI) on communication development in children. Updated information includes new content on interprofessional team decision-making, along with the diagnosis and management of the resulting disorders.
  • Fallbuch Physiotherapie: Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie/Pulmologie

    • 1st Edition
    • October 8, 2016
    • Susanne Mayrhofer + 1 more
    • German
    Ob praktizierender Physiotherapeut oder noch in Ausbildung/Studium das Fallbuch Physiotherapie: Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie/ Pulmologie zeigt Ihnen anhand konkreter Patientenfälle Therapieprozesse, gibt Hinweise und hilft Ihnen das therapeutische Vorgehen zu optimieren. Praxisbezogen und wissenschaftlich fundiert: In unterschiedlich schwieirige Fallbeispiele gegliedert, „übersetzen" Experten die aktuelle wissenschaftliche Literatur in die tägliche Arbeit mit Patienten und geben Ihnen konkrete Tipps für die Praxis. Durch die unterschiedlichen Schwierigkeitsgrade profitieren alle – vom Ungeübten bis zum „alten Hasen". Clinical Reasoning: Der Autor erklärt, warum er welche Intervention gewählt hat. Das hilft Ihnen Gedankenschritte und Zusammenhänge zu verstehen und daraus eigene Maßnahmen abzuleiten. Hilfreich: Kästen wie „Cave", „praktischer Tipp", „klinischer Hintergrund" und „was wäre wenn …" zeigen Wichtiges auf einen Blick. Der erste Band u.a. mit den Themen: COPD, Pneumonie, Asthma, Myokardinfarkt, Herzinsuffizienz, Rehabilitation nach Herzoperation, periphere arterielle Verschlusskrankheit, Varikose, präoperatives Management bei bauchchirurgischen Eingriffen, Metabolisches Syndrom, Chemotherapie bei Mammakarzinom. Weitere Bände aus der Reihe Fallbuch Physiotherapie sind in Planung!
  • ACLS Study Guide

    • 5th Edition
    • October 6, 2016
    • Barbara J. Aehlert
    • English
    Awarded second place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Critical Care-Emergency Nursing category. Provide the best possible emergency cardiovascular care — using the newest ECC guidelines! ACLS Study Guide, 5th Edition offers a complete, full-color overview of advanced cardiovascular life support. An easy-to-read approach covers everything from airway management to cardiac arrest rhythms and their management, electrical therapy, acute coronary syndromes, and acute stroke. In addition to the latest ACLS treatment algorithms, this edition includes case studies and hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations.
  • Length, Strength and Kinesio Tape

    Muscle Testing and Taping Interventions
    • 1st Edition
    • September 26, 2016
    • Thuy Bridges + 1 more
    • English
    Length, Strength and Kinesio Tape: Muscle Testing and Taping Interventions is an essential manual for musculoskeletal therapists seeking to develop competency in the treatment of select clinical conditions using the concepts and principles of the Kinesio Taping® Method. Focusing on the identification and role of muscle structures, the manual presents length and strength tests covering 68 muscle groups and provides practitioners with a framework to use and reassess the application of Kinesio® Tape. Endorsed by Kinesio Taping Association International, Length, Strength and Kinesio Tape: Muscle Testing and Taping Interventions is designed as a companion to Kinesio Taping® courses globally (KT1 and KT2). Key Features: Overview of the Kinesio® method and how Kinesio Taping® works Highlights the anatomy of the muscle and structures prior to taping Step-by-step instructions to a range of Kinesio Taping® techniques, covering the neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist and thumb, trunk, pelvic girdle and hip, knee and ankle Initial assessment using length and strength/function testing and application of appropriate Kinesio Taping® intervention Assessment sheets provided for each key anatomical area Includes eBook version on VitalSource Also available as a separate purchase: A suite of 68 videos covering 8 major body areas with step-by-step instructions and clear demonstrations of the assessment and taping strategies for each technique. An ideal supplement to the text Excellent clinician refresher tool Useful when explaining treatment to client To find out more about these videos, visit http://www.elsevierh...
  • Atlas d'anatomie palpatoire. Tome 2

    Membre inférieur
    • 5th Edition
    • September 24, 2016
    • Serge Tixa
    • French
    Depuis sa première édition, cet atlas d’anatomie palpatoire s’est imposé comme l’outil de référence pour comprendre l’anatomie pratique et clinique du membre inférieur. Il permet : - une meilleure démarche diagnostique, la palpation constituant l’un des temps forts de l’examen clinique ; - Organisé en 4 parties : ostéologie, arthrologie, myologie, nerfs et vaisseaux, l’ouvrage présente de façon précise et concrète les différentes régions anatomiques (hanche, cuisse, genou, jambe, cheville et pied), grâce à une soixantaine de planches anatomiques en couleurs et près de 450 photographies en noir et blanc, toutes prises en situation « sur le vivant ». Chaque photographie, particulièrement soignée, est accompagnée d’un texte décrivant la technique d’approche (TA) qui permet au lecteur de retrouver immanquablement la structure recherchée. Chaque fois que nécessaire, les rappels anatomiques indispensables à une bonne application des techniques d’approche (insertions, actions, innervation) sont mentionnés. Entièrement refondue, mise à jour et augmentée, cette 5e édition offre au lecteur un nouveau schéma de lecture conforme aux programmes d’enseignement avec une ventilation par structure puis par région anatomiques. Une nouvelle maquette facilite le repérage dans l’ouvrage. À la fois manuel de référence et guide méthodologique, cet atlas s’adresse aussi bien aux étudiants qu’aux praticiens en kinésithérapie, ostéopathie, chiropraxie et podologie. Les photographies, à la fois artistique et technique, permettent une meilleure mise en relief des structures anatomiques recherchées.
  • Fisioterapia invasiva

    • 2nd Edition
    • September 23, 2016
    • Fermín Valera Garrido + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Tras el éxito de la primera edición, Fisioterapia invasiva pretende convertirse en una guía de procedimientos invasivos para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de las disfunciones del sistema neuromusculoesquelét... Esta segunda edición tiene una orientación clínica y basada en la evidencia que hace que sea de gran utilidad para fisioterapeutas que desean iniciarse o que ya están familiarizados con las técnicas invasivas. Incorpora 10 capítulos nuevos, algunos de ellos completamente novedosos como la punción seca ecoguiada y la neuromodulación percutánea. Sus autores, Fermín Valera y Francisco J. Minaya, son dos destacados fisioterapeutas españoles con una sólida trayectoria en técnicas invasivas y gran repercusión tanto en España como a nivel internacional. En www.elsevier.es/fisi... accederá a una completa galería de imágenes en color, 30 vídeos de intervenciones y 100 preguntas de autoevaluación.
  • Occupational Therapies Without Borders

    Integrating Justice with Practice
    • 2nd Edition
    • September 23, 2016
    • Dikaios Sakellariou + 1 more
    • English
    The new edition of this landmark international work builds on the previous two volumes, offering a window onto occupational therapy practice, theory and ideas in different cultures and geographies. It emphasizes the importance of critically deconstructing and engaging with the broader context of occupation, particularly around how occupational injustices are shaped through political, economic and historical factors.Centering on the wider social and political aspects of occupation and occupation-based practices, this textbook aims to inspire occupational therapy students and practitioners to include transformational elements into their practice. It also illustrates how occupational therapists from all over the world can affect positive changes by engaging with political and historical contexts.Divided into six sections, the new edition begins by analyzing the key concepts outlined throughout, along with an overview on the importance and practicalities of monitoring and evaluation in community projects. Section Two explores occupation and justice emphasizing that issues of occupational injustice are present everywhere, in different forms: from clinical settings to community-based rehabilitation. Section Three covers the enactment of different Occupational Therapies with a focus on the multiplicity of occupational therapy from the intimately personal to the broadly political. Section Four engages with the broader context of occupational therapy from the political to the financial. The chapters in this section highlight the recent financial crisis and the impact it has had on people’s everyday life. Section Five collects a range of different approaches to working to enable a notion of occupational justice. Featuring chapters from across the globe, Section Six concludes by highlighting the importance and diversity of educational practices.
  • Diagnóstico clínico del miembro superior en terapia manual

    Cintura escapular, codo, muñeca y mano
    • 1st Edition
    • September 22, 2016
    • Juan Antonio Díaz Mancha
    • Spanish
    La obra combina las experiencias del autor en la búsqueda de estrategias diagnósticas en pacientes reales con un exhaustivo análisis de los conceptos anatómicos y biomecánicos. Constituye una práctica guía de consulta con la que el lector podrá reconocer y diagnosticar las patologías de la cintura escapular, el codo, la muñeca y la mano que se presentan en la actividad diaria. Contiene gran cantidad de fotografías e ilustraciones para facilitar la asimilación del contenido teórico e incluye ejemplos clínicos en cada capítulo que ayudan a integrar los conceptos expuestos. Obra dirigida a fisioterapeutas y terapeutas manuales -profesionales en ejercicio o estudiantes de grado o postgrado- interesados en la adquisición de estrategias diagnósticas para sus pacientes.