Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, 3rd Edition
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- Invaluable protocols for conservative and postoperative treatment ensure the successful healing of dogs and their return to full mobility
- Unique chapters on exercising dogs define the basic principles of aquatic and land-based exercise and how they may be applied to dogs, as well as how physical therapy professionals can adapt common "human" exercises to dogs
- Numerous chapters on therapeutic modalities, including therapeutic lasers, illustrate how physical therapy professionals can adapt common "human" modalities to dogs
- Physical examination chapters offer comprehensive information on orthopedics, neurology, and rehabilitation
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Section I: Introduction to Physical Rehabilitation
1. History of Canine Physical Rehabilitation
2. Regulatory and Practice Issues for the Veterinary and Physical Therapy Professions
3. Conceptual Overview of Physical Therapy, Veterinary Medicine, and Canine Rehabilitation
Section II: Basic Science of Veterinary Rehabilitation
4. Canine Behavior
5. Canine Anatomy
6. Tissue Healing: Tendons, Ligaments, Bone, Muscles, and Cartilage
7. Responses of Musculoskeletal Tissues to Disuse and Remobilization
8. Exercise Physiology
9. Exercise Physiology of the Canine Athlete
Section III: Patient Assessment and Management
10. Orthopedic and Neurologic Examination
11. Canine Locomotion Analysis
12. The Physical Rehabilitation Evaluation
13. Assessing and Measuring Outcomes
14. Rehabilitating the Painful Patient: Pain Management in Physical Rehabilitation
15. The Role of Chondroprotectants, Nutraceuticals, and Nutrition in Rehabilitation Nursing Care of the 16. Rehabilitation Patient
17. Nursing Care of the Rehabilitation Patient
18. Devices for Ambulation Assistance in Companion Animals
Section IV: Therapeutic Modalities
19. Superficial Thermal Modalities
20. Therapeutic Ultrasound
21. Electrical Stimulation
22. Therapeutic Lasers in Canine Rehabilitation
23. Applications of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in Small Animal Practice
24. Other Modalities in Veterinary Rehabilitation
Section V: Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy
25. Biomechanics of Physical Rehabilitation and Kinematics of Exercise
26. Range-of-Motion and Stretching Exercises
27. Joint Mobilization
28. Massage
29. Exercises for Proprioception, Balance, and Joint Position Awareness
30. Therapeutic Exercises: Early Limb Use Exercises
31. Therapeutic Exercises: Joint Motion, Strengthening, Endurance and Speed Exercises
32. Aquatic Therapy
Section VI: Physical Therapy for Specific Diagnoses
33. Common Orthopedic Conditions and Their Physical Rehabilitation
34. Common Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Athletic Patient
35. Neurologic Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Neurologic Patient
36. Physical Rehabilitation for Geriatric and Arthritic Patients
37. Physical Therapy for Wound Care
38. Physical Rehabilitation for the Critically Injured Veterinary Patient
39. Development of a Rehabilitation Facility for Small Animals and Business Considerations
Appendix
1. Protocol Development and Protocols
2. Manufacturers of Supplies and Equipment -
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