Essentials of Orthopaedics & Applied Physiotherapy

Orthopaedic Physiotherapy is one of the major specialities of the art and science of physiotherapy. It plays a vital role in the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped. This book discusses the essentials of orthopaedics and applied physiotherapy with an interspeciality therapeutic approach. There are large mumber of books on orthopaedics and physiotherapy, but all deal with these subjects as separate entities. No book provides overall picture of total therapeutic of total therapeutic management. An effort has been made to fill this gap. The book is mainly targeted for the students of physiotherapy and practicing physiotherapists, but it would also be useful for orthopaedic surgeons and people engaged in the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped.

Key Feature

– A physiotherapy management Videos’ DVD along with the book
– Chapters reorganized into the well-defined order (as per syllabus)
– Content modified as per the feedback received from the reviewers
– Thoroughly revised and updated content to include the latest techniques

Table of Content

Chapter 1 Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy
Chapter 2 The Bones and the Joints
Chapter 3 Inflammation, Soft Tissue Injuries and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Chapter 4 Fractures: General Principles
Chapter 5 Injuries of the Shoulder
Chapter 6 Injuries of the Arm
Chapter 7 Injuries of the Elbow
Chapter 8 Injuries of the Forearm
Chapter 9 Injuries of the Wrist
Chapter 10 Injuries of the Hand
Chapter 11 Injuries of the Spine
Chapter 12 Injuries of the Pelvis
Chapter 13 Injuries of the Hip
Chapter 14 Injuries of the Thigh
Chapter 15 Injuries of the Knee
Chapter 16 Injuries of the Leg
Chapter 17 Injuries of the Ankle and the Foot
Chapter 18 Common Paediatric and Adolescent Musculoskeletal
Disorders and Fractures
Chapter 19 Prevention of Fractures
Chapter 20 Emergency Management of a Polytrauma Patient
Chapter 21 Infections of the Bones and Joints
Chapter 22 Metabolic Bone Diseases
Chapter 23 Bone Tumours
Chapter 24 Arthrodesis, Arthroplasty and Osteotomy
Chapter 25 Amputations
Chapter 26 Lesions of the Brachial Plexus
Chapter 27 Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Chapter 28 Poliomyelitis
Chapter 29 Arthritides
Chapter 30 Deformity
Chapter 31 Locomotion and Gait
Chapter 32 Spine
Chapter 33 Regional Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Lesions of Shoulder,
Elbow, Forearm, Wrist and Hand
Chapter 34 Hand
Chapter 35 Regional Orthopaedic Conditions at the Hip
Chapter 36 Regional Orthopaedic Conditions at the Knee
Chapter 37 Regional Orthopaedic Conditions at the Ankle and Foot
Chapter 38 Yoga, Yoga Asanas and Physiotherapy
Chapter 39 Sports Medicine
Index

About the Author

Prakash Kotwal attained his MS (Orthopaedics) from M G M. Medical College, Indore, India in 1977 and joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. After serving in the department of Orthopaedics at AIIMS in various positions, he is presently working as Professor and Head of the department. He is recipient of WHO Fellowship, Indo-German Fellowship and IOA Travelling Fellowship. He has been a visiting Professor in Orthopaedics to the B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal in 2001. He has authored two text books, published over 100 scientific articles in national and international journals and has contributed more than 26 chapters in various text books.