Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

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 Rehabilitation Patient
16. Nursing Care of the Rehabilitation Patient
17. Devices for Ambulation Assistance in Companion Animals

Section IV: Therapeutic Modalities
18. Superficial Thermal Modalities
19. Therapeutic Ultrasound
20. Electrical Stimulation
21. Therapeutic Lasers in Canine Rehabilitation
22. Applications of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in Small Animal Practice
23. Other Modalities in Veterinary Rehabilitation

Section V: Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy
24. Biomechanics of Physical Rehabilitation and Kinematics of Exercise
25. Range-of-Motion and Stretching Exercises
26. Joint Mobilization
27. Massage
28. Exercises for Proprioception, Balance, and Joint Position Awareness
29. Therapeutic Exercises: Early Limb Use Exercises
30. Therapeutic Exercises: Joint Motion, Strengthening, Endurance and Speed Exercises
31. Aquatic Therapy

Section VI: Physical Therapy for Specific Diagnoses
32. Common Orthopedic Conditions and Their Physical Rehabilitation
33. Common Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Athletic Patient
34. Neurologic Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Neurologic Patient
35. Physical Rehabilitation for Geriatric and Arthritic Patients
36. Physical Therapy for Wound Care
37. Physical Rehabilitation for the Critically Injured Veterinary Patient
38. Development of a Rehabilitation Facility for Small Animals and Business Considerations

Appendix
1: Protocol Development and Protocols
2: Manufacturers of Supplies and Equipment

Darryl Millis, MS, DVM, DACVS, CCRP, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery,Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences,College of Veterinary Medicine University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee, USA and David Levine, PT, PhD, DABPTS (Orthopaedics), CCRP, Cline Chair of Excellence in Physical Therapy and Acting Department Head ,Department of Physical Therapy,The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA