Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy , 2nd Edition

Description

768 pages

Reviews

"Overall, this book is an extensive text for anyone interested in pursuing canine rehabilitation and physical therapy or for those intending to refer dogs to such practitioners." Reviewed by: Helen Davies, University of Melbourne on behalf of Australian Veterinary Journal, March 2015

Key Features

• Invaluable protocols for conservative and postoperative treatment ensure the successful healing of dogs and their return to full mobility.
• Printable medical record forms on the companion website, including client information worksheets, referral forms, orthopedic evaluation forms, and more, can be customized for your veterinary practice.
• Six completely updated 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.

New to this Edition

• New chapters keep you up to date with coverage of joint mobilization, rehabilitation of the athletic patient, biomechanics of rehabilitation, and physical therapy for wound care.
• A companion website includes 40 narrated video clips of various modalities and exercises used to correct problems with lameness, hip disorders, and gait analysis, plus downloadable and printable orthopedic, neurologic, and physical rehabilitation forms, in addition to a client information worksheet, referral form and letter, and a daily flowsheet form.

Companion Products

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

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By 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 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