Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, Kisner & Colby’s 6th Edition offers the most up-to-date exercise guidelines for individualizing interventions for those with movement disorders.
Now with contributions from the leading experts in the field, it encompasses all of the principles of therapeutic exercise and manual therapy, including spinal surgery and spinal manipulation. This renowned manual remains the authoritative source for exercise instruction for the therapist and for patient self-management
Key Features
- Superb art program, including anatomical illustrations, line drawings, photographs, and radiographs.
- Evidence boxes summarizing current literature.
- “Management Guideline” boxes.
- “Pathology/Surgical Procedure” and “Preferred Practice Pattern” tables.
- “Post-surgery Outcome” boxes.
- Clinical examples throughout.
- Case studies at the end of selected chapters.
- Clinical laboratory activities and questions for critical thinking and discussion at the end of every chapter.
Contents
General Concepts
Therapeutic Exercise: Foundational Concepts
Prevention, Health and Wellness
Applied Science of Exercise and Techniques
Range of Motion
Stretching for Impaired Mobility
Peripheral Joint Mobilization/Manipulation
Resistance Exercise for Impaired Muscle Performance
Principles of Aerobic Exercise
Exercise for Impaired Balance
Aquatic Exercise
Principles of Intervention
Soft Tissue Injury, Repair, and Management
Joint, Connective Tissue, and Bone Disorders and Management
Surgical Interventions and Postoperative Management
Peripheral Nerve Disorders and Management
Exercise Interventions by Body Region
The Spine: Structure, Function, and Posture
The Spine: Management Guidelines
The Spine: Exercise and Manipulation Interventions
The Shoulder and Shoulder Girdle
The Elbow and Forearm Complex
The Wrist & Hand
The Hip
The Knee
The Ankle & Foot
Advanced Functional Training
Special Areas of Therapeutic Exercise
Women’s Health: Obstetrics and Pelvic Floor
Management of Lymphatic disorders
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