The Student Physiotherapist's Companion: A Case-Based Test-Your-Knowledge Guide, 1st Edition
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This expert guide offers a new approach to physiotherapy education. It supports you to formulate your own approach to different scenarios, then compare this with what the experts say – helping you learn the facts and how to problem solve at the same time!
More than 50 chapters cover a wide variety of topics that physiotherapists will come across in practice, including the ICU, paediatrics, women’s health and disability scenarios. Each presents a case study and asks you to develop a diagnosis and treatment plan, followed by the expert view at the end of each case.
The Student Physiotherapist's Companion is produced by some of the UK’s leading physiotherapy experts including consultants, academics, managers and clinical interest groups, many of them writing about scenarios that do not appear in any other textbook.
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- More than 50 chapters written by experts in their field
- Written with physiotherapy students in mind – addresses your specific needs
- Illustrations support understanding
- Varied case studies help to develop a wide range of expertise across different settings
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Foreword
Preface
Contributors
PART I Musculoskeletal Case Studies
1 An Exercise-Induced Headache
2 Axial Spondyloarthritis
3 Rheumatoid Arthritis
4 Young Footballer With Anterior Proximal Thigh Pain
5 Low Back Pain in an Overhead-Throwing Athlete
6 Running Athlete
7 Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
8 Chronic Cervicothoracic Disorder With Upper Limb Symptoms
9 Vascular Pathology of the Neck Region
10 Trochanteric Bursitis or Something More Sinister?
11 Vestibular Rehabilitation Case Study
12 A Missed Deep Vein Thrombosis
13 Adolescent Knee Pain
14 Frozen Shoulder
15 Aquatic Physiotherapy After an Elective Total Hip Replacement
16 Cervical Pain Post–Road Traffic Accident
17 Cervical Spine Radiculopathy
18 Beyond the Fracture
PART II Respiratory and Medical Case Studies
19 Deteriorating Patient With Rib Fractures and Pneumothorax
20 Motor Neurone Disease—An Acute Respiratory Deterioration
21 Interstitial Lung Disease
22 Post-Oesophagectomy Case
23 Older Adult, Frailty/Falls
24 Paediatric Intensive Care
25 Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
26 Bronchiectasis
27 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as an Outpatient
28 Dysfunctional Breathing Pattern
29 Cystic Fibrosis on Call
30 Ward-Based Cystic Fibrosis Study
31 Neuroscience Case Study
32 Physiotherapy Management Postadmission for Cardiac Arrest at Home
PART III Neurological Case Studies
33 Multiple Sclerosis 1
34 Multiple Sclerosis 2
35 Parkinson’s Disease 1
36 Parkinson’s Disease 2
37 Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness
38 Stroke
39 Motor Neurone Disease and Noninvasive Ventilation
40 Tracheostomy Care
41 The Three Stroke Case Studies
42 Complex Needs Cerebral Palsy
43 Slow-Stream Neurological Rehabilitation of an Individual Presenting With a C5 Spinal Cord Injury and Cerebellar Infarct During COVID-19
44 Guillain–Barré Syndrome
45 Muscular Dystrophy
46 A Case of Abnormal Spinal Anatomy Encountered Whilst Working in Haiti
47 Vestibular Rehabilitation: Concussion With Dizziness
PART IV Physiotherapy—The Bigger Picture
48 Mild Head Injury
49 Anorexia Nervosa
50 Female Pelvic Health
51 Pregnancy Musculoskeletal Case Study
52 Male Pelvic Health Case Study
53 Community Discharge From Hospital
54 Occupational Health and Ergonomics
55 Veterinary Physiotherapy
56 Rehabilitation Following Hemipelvectomy
57 Physical Activity Promotion in a Sedentary Individual
58 Breast Lymphoedema Management
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