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    • Integrated Sports Massage Therapy

      • 1st Edition
      • April 19, 2011
      • Anders Jelvéus
      • English
      • eBook
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      Integrated Sports Massage Therapy is a highly illustrated evidence-based handbook which presents a wide range of effective sports massage techniques to cover any sports-related situation. Anders Jelveus explains and applies effective techniques from a variety of disciplines of manual therapy, ranging from commonly used sports massage strokes to more advanced concepts for real-life effective sports massage treatments. The presented techniques serve as a great addition for any therapist seeking to work with athletes, and are suitable for pre-event, post-event, inter-event, and in remedial sports massage therapy. This unique book offers a comprehensive presentation of sports massage therapy including: Sports massage history Basic sports massage strokes and work postures Sports massage applications Event-based sports massage treatment guidelines Sports-specific massage treatment recommendations Therapeutic muscle stretching techniques Therapeutic muscle stretching applied to specific muscle groups Positional Release Techniques (PRT) Acupressure and Tui Na techniques with applications Myofascial release techniques Connective tissue massage Lymphatic drainage massage Myofascial Trigger Point etiology and treatment techniques Sports injuries Athletic taping Remedial Sports massage applications Athletic self massage techniques. The book is suitable for all manual therapy students and practitioners, whether novice or advanced, including massage therapists, physical therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, naprapaths, naturopaths and acupuncturists.

    • Guide de thérapeutique 2013

      • 7th Edition
      • October 11, 2011
      • Gabriel Perlemuter + 1 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      Outil constamment actualisé, indispensable à la pratique médicale quotidienne, destiné aux étudiants préparant les ECN et aux médecins prescripteurs. Pour cette 7e édition, les stratégies thérapeutiques et la pharmacologie ont été mises à jour en tenant compte des consensus qui sont intégrés avec leurs liens internet. De nouvelles molécules sont insérées et les prix et taux de remboursement actualisés. Plus de 1 000 pathologies classées dans 17 spécialités. Pour chaque pathologie, en vis-à-vis : — Les bonnes pratiques cliniques : - les éléments indispensables à la stratégie de prescription ; - les meilleurs choix de traitement tenant compte des consensus lorsqu'ils existent ; - les modes d'administration ; - la durée et les éléments de surveillance du traitement ; - les aléas et problèmes éventuels ; - les adaptations thérapeutiques au cours du suivi médical. — La prescription des médicaments : plus de 3 000 médicaments, classés dans des tableaux très lisibles comprenant : - la classe ; - la DCI ; - le nom commercial ; - le mode de prescription ; - la liste sur laquelle est inscrit le médicament ; - le prix par conditionnement et par unité ; - le taux de remboursement. Pour aider à la rédaction des ordonnances, les médicaments qui existent sous forme de génériques sont identifiés en écrivant en rouge leur DCI et le nom commercial du médicament référent. — Pour chaque classe de médicament, une pharmacologie rappelle : - les propriétés ; - les indications, contre-indications et précautions d'emploi ; - les effets indésirables et incompatibilités. À la fin du livre, un index très détaillé renvoie aux renseignements recherchés.

    • Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy with Pageburst Online Access

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 1, 2011
      • Robert Herbert + 4 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Printed book plus Pageburst™ access – you will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst™ enhances learning by not only bringing world class content to your fingertips but also letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it all in a way that suits you. Pageburst™ frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching. Evidence-based practice has become a central part of physiotherapy today, but it is still an area which is constantly expanding and being updated. Written by an international team of experts, this second edition continues to outline the basic definitions of evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning, while detailing how to find and critically appraise evidence and clinical practice guidelines and the steps to follow in the implementation and evaluation of evidence. For those struggling to understand both the concepts and how to implement them, this book will prove to be an invaluable and practical guide.

    • Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques, Volume 2

      • 2nd Edition
      • July 5, 2011
      • Leon Chaitow + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques, Volume 2 - The Lower Body discusses the theory and practice of the manual treatment of chronic pain, especially with regards to the soft tissues of the lower body. Authored by experts of international renown, this highly successful book provides a structural review of each region, including ligaments and functional anatomy, and includes step-by-step protocols that address each muscle of a region. The volume now comes with accompanying video clips of the techniques shown, fully downloadable text linked to PubMed and image bank and an EVOLVE site for instructors who can download the full text and images for teaching purposes.

    • Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle Text and Evolve eBooks Package

      • 3rd Edition
      • May 20, 2011
      • Roger Blowey + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      The Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of Cattle is the established and respected illustrated guide to the full range of conditions encountered in cattle worldwide. For this new edition the atlas has been redesigned to present over 840 colour illustrations and clearer than ever coverage of conditions, with a special emphasis on ease of use. The text has been updated and rewritten to encompass many new conditions including burns, ‘bleeding calf syndrome’, rib fracture and jejunal hemorrhagic syndrome, while treatment of existing conditions has been expanded. The emphasis of this new edition of the Color Atlas remains the visible signs of diseases and disorders in the live animal. In its third edition guise, the atlas is an indispensable reference for both experienced and novice cattle practitioners, government and industry veterinarians, as well as veterinary and agricultural students, and managers of large-scale cattle enterprises throughout the world.

    • Whiplash

      • 1st Edition
      • March 22, 2011
      • Meridel I. Gatterman
      • English
      • eBook
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      Providing a balanced, evidence-based discussion of whiplash and its associated disorders, Whiplash: A Patient Centered Approach to Management compiles information from many sources into a single, definitive reference. It clearly delineates rationales and procedures, covering cervical spine anatomy, neurology, kinesiology, epidemiology, patient history and assessment, imaging, soft tissue injuries, articular lesions, rehabilitation, and prognosis. Using numerous full-color photos and illustrations, an expert author team led by Dr. Meridel Gatterman offers concrete guidelines for a patient-centered approach to care of whiplash and whiplash-related conditions -- one that recommends minimally invasive procedures and therapies whenever possible. A companion Evolve website includes video clips showing stretching exercises, printable patient handouts, and narrated PowerPoint slides.

    • Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

      • 5th Edition
      • September 14, 2011
      • Katherine M. Fortinash + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Focusing on what psychiatric nurses actually do in everyday practice, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 5th Edition, uses a balanced nursing-medical approach to cover all of the most common disorders and treatments. The text's full-color illustrations and straightforward style help you make sense of challenging material. And its strong emphasis on the nursing process, updated DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, interdisciplinary interventions, and the latest mental health practices boost your confidence in managing clients and prepare you for success on the NCLEX¨ examination.

    • Immunodeficiency, Infection, and Stem Cell Transplantation, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 25-1
      • February 11, 2011
      • Nancy Berliner
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue compiled by Dr. Nancy Berliner focuses on such topics as: A History of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Or What the Children have Taught Us; HLA-haploidentical Donor Transplantation in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation in Primary Immune Deficiency: Stem Cell Selection and Manipulation; Suffering from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Herpes Viruses in Transplant Recipients: HSV,VZV, Human Herpes Viruses, and EBV; and Immunotherapy and Vaccination After Transplant: The Present, the Future.

    • Year Book of Vascular Surgery 2011

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2011
      • October 5, 2011
      • Gregory L. Moneta
      • English
      • Hardback
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    • Pediatric Nursing

      • 11th Edition
      • October 3, 2011
      • Debra L. Price + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Covering evidence-based pediatric nursing care from infancy through adolescence, Pediatric Nursing: An Introductory Text, 11th Edition provides a clear, easy-to-read guide to pediatric nursing for LPN/LVN students. Content in this edition is reorganized for a "best of both worlds" approach to pediatric nursing, with early chapters devoted to normal growth and development by age group followed by chapters covering the most common childhood disorders grouped by body system. Updated coverage reflects the latest issues in pediatric nursing care, including childhood obesity and teenage pregnancy. Clinical Snapshots and Nursing Care Plans with critical thinking questions show how to apply the nursing process in real patient care scenarios. Written by noted pediatric nursing educators Debra L. Price and Julie F. Gwin, this market-leading textbook provides the essential knowledge you need to succeed in LPN/LVN practice.

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