Therapeutic exercise :moving toward function / Lori Thein Brody, Carrie M. Hall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to therapeutic exercise and the model of functioning and ability -- Patient management -- Principles of self-management and exercise instruction -- Prevention and the promotion of health, wellness, and fitness -- Impaired muscle performance -- Impaired aerobic capacity/endurance -- Impaired range of motion and joint mobility -- Impaired balance -- Impaired posture -- Pain -- Soft tissue injury and postoperative management -- Therapeutic exercise for arthritis -- Therapeutic exercise in obstetrics -- Closed kinetic training -- Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation -- Aquatic physical therapy -- The lumbopelvic region -- The pelvic floor -- The hip -- The knee -- The ankle and foot -- The temporomandibular joint -- The cervical spine -- The thoracic spine -- The shoulder girdle -- The elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand -- Red flags : recognizing signs and symptoms -- Red flags: potentially serious symptoms and signs in exercising patients

The third edition of this text 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 to work toward the most optimal function possible.

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