"Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Toward Function, Third Edition provides a conceptual framework for learning how to make clinical decisions regarding the prescription of therapeutic exercise--from deciding which exercise(s) to teach, to how to teach them, to the dosage required for the best possible outcome. Throughout this text, readers will learn how to treat, with the use of therapeutic exercise and related interventions, the impairments that correlate to functional limitations and the disability and towork toward the most optimal function possible"--Provided by publisher.
Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Toward Function, Third Edition provides a conceptual framework for learning how to make clinical decisions regarding the prescription of therapeutic exercise—from deciding which exercise(s) to teach, to how to teach them, to the dosage required for the best outcome. Readers will learn how to use therapeutic exercise and related interventions to treat the impairments that correlate to functional limitations and disability and to work toward optimal function. Highlights of this Third Edition include case studies in each chapter and more than 200 new photographs and illustrations.
Unit I: Foundations of Therapeutic Exercise
Chapter 1: Introduction to Therapeutic Exercise and the Model of Functioning
and Ability
Chapter 2: Patient Management
Chapter 3: Principles of Self-Management and Exercise Instruction
Chapter 4: Prevention and the Promotion of Health, Wellness, and Fitness
Unit II: Physiologic Impairments and Therapeutic Exercise
Chapter 5: Impaired Muscle Performance
Chapter 6: Impaired Aerobic Capacity/Endurance
Chapter 7: Impaired Range of Motion and Joint Mobility
Chapter 8: Impaired Balance
Chapter 9: Impaired Posture
Chapter 10: Pain includes content from former chapter on Fibromyalgia
Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Unit III: Special Physiologic Considerations in Therapeutic Exercise
Chapter 11: Soft Tissue Injury in Postoperative Treatment
Chapter 12: Therapeutic Exercise for Arthritis
Chapter 13: Therapeutic Exercise in Obstetrics
Unit IV: Sample Specialties of Therapeutic Exercise Intervention>/B>
Chapter 14: Closed Kinetic Training
Chapter 15: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
Chapter 16: Aquatic Physical Therapy
Unit V: Functional Approach to Therapeutic Exercise of the Lower
Extremities
Chapter 17: The Lumbopelvic Region
Chapter 18: The Pelvic Floor
Chapter 19: The Hip
Chapter 20: The Knee
Chapter 21: The Ankle/Foot
Unit VI: Functional Approach to Therapeutic Exercise for the Upper
Extremities
Chapter 22: The Temporomandibular Joint
Chapter 23: The Cervical Spine
Chapter 24: The Thoracic Spine
Chapter 25: The Shoulder Girdle
Chapter 26: The Elbow, Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
Unit VII: Case Studies
