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The Shoulder: Theory & Practice presents a comprehensive fusion of the current research knowledge and clinical expertise that will be essential for any clinician from any discipline who is involved with the assessment, management and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions of the shoulder.This book is a team project-led by two internationally renowned researchers and clinicians, Jeremy Lewis and César Fernández-de-las-Peñas. Other members of the team include over 100 prominent clinical experts and researchers. All are at the forefront of contributing new knowledge to enable us to provide better care for those seeking support for their shoulder problem. The team also comprises the voices of patients with shoulder problems who recount their experiences and provide clinicians with important insight into how better to communicate and manage the needs of the people who seek advice and guidance.The contributing authors include physiotherapists, physical therapists, medical doctors, orthopedic surgeons, psychologists, epidemiologists, radiologists, midwives, historians, nutritionists, anatomists, researchers, rheumatologists, oncologists, elite athletes, athletic trainers, pain scientists, strength and conditioning experts and practitioners of yoga and tai chi. The cumulative knowledge contained within the pages of The Shoulder: Theory & Practice would take decades to synthesise.The Shoulder: Theory & Practice is divided into 42 chapters over three parts that will holistically blend, as the title promises, all key aspects of the essential theory and practice to successfully support clinicians wanting to offer those seeing help the very best care possible. It will be an authoritative text and is supported by exceptional artwork, photographs and links to relevant online information.

Hip and Knee Pain Disorders has been written to provide a state-of-the-art, evidence-informed and clinically-informed overview of the examination and conservative management of hip/knee pain conditions. Under the current predominantly evidence-based practice paradigm, clinician expertise, patient preference, and best available research determine examination, and prognostic and clinical management decisions. However, this paradigm has been understood by many to place greater value and emphasis on the research component, thereby devaluing the other two. Evidence-informed practice is a term that has been suggested to honor the original intent of evidence-based practice, while also acknowledging the value of clinician experience and expertise. In essence, evidence-informed practice combines clinical reasoning, based on current best evidence, with authority-based knowledge and a pathophysiological rationale derived from extrapolation of basic science knowledge. Unlike other published textbooks that overemphasize the research component in decision-making, this book aims to address the clinical reality of having to make decisions on the management of a patient with hip/knee pain, in the absence of a comprehensive scientific rationale, using other sources of knowledge. It offers an evidence-informed textbook that values equally research evidence, clinician expertise and patient preference.The book is edited by three recognised world leaders in clinical research into manual therapy and chronic pain. Their research activities are concentrated on the evidence-based management of musculoskeletal pain conditions using conservative interventions. For this book they have combined their knowledge and clinical expertise with that of 54 additional contributors, all specialists in the field The contributors include a mix of clinicians and clinician-researchers.Hip and Knee Pain Disorders is unique in bringing together manual therapies and exercise programs in a multimodal approach to the management of these pain conditions from both a clinical, but also evidence-based, perspective. It acknowledges the expanding direct access role of the physical therapy profession. The book provides an important reference source for clinicians of all professions interested in conservative management of the hip and knee regions. It will also be useful as a textbook for students at both entry and post-graduate level.

Since the publication of the first edition in 2013, the utilization of dry needling in clinical practice has expanded dramatically throughout the world. Indeed, more and more professionals have been using dry needling to effectively reducing acute and chronic pain, as well as improving motor performance, range of motion, and strength. Following the success of the previous edition, the updated Trigger Point Dry Needling: An Evidence and Clinical-Based Approach remains the first authoritative guide on the market. With a completely revised text and now full colour illustrations, it provides excellent clarity within content and images for even more uniform and consistent instructions on the needling techniques. Written and edited by a group of international experts, this is the most-up-to-date resource for physiotherapists, chiropractors, myotherapists, and other professionals as physicians, acupuncturists, osteopaths and athletic trainers. - New chapters on the use of dry needling for Neurological Conditions and dry needling for Fascia, Scar, and Tendon; - Clinical chapters with new full colour illustrations; - Worldwide editors and contributors; - New chapters on the use of dry needling for Neurological Conditions and dry needling for Fascia, Scar, and Tendon; - Clinical chapters with new full colour illustrations; - Worldwide editors and contributors;

An authoritative and comprehensive account of the assessment and conservative management of temporomandibular disorders. Recent emphasis has been on'evidence-based practice'at the expense of the clinical reality which should also take account of clinician expertise and patient preference. A sound research base is not always available. This text addresses the clinical reality of having to make decisions using other sources of knowledge in the absence of a comprehensive scientific rationale. It advocates clinical and evidence-informed practice - an approach which acknowledges the value of clinician experience and expertise as well as research findings.Compiled and edited by two highly regarded and experienced practitioners, researchers and authors who have already published many books and journal articles in the field. With contributions from a mix of 28 internationally-based clinicians and clinician-researchers allowing the text to highlight both current best evidence and clinicians'expertise and experience. Contributors include talented young clinicians as well as established experts in orthopaedic physiotherapy and world-level expert researchers.

A pioneering, one-stop manual which harvests the best proven approaches from physiotherapy research and practice to assist the busy clinician in real-life screening, diagnosis and management of patients with musculoskeletal pain across the whole body. Led by an experienced editorial team, the chapter authors have integrated both their clinical experience and expertise with reasoning based on a neurophysiologic rationale with the most updated evidence. The textbook is divided into eleven sections, covering the top evidence-informed techniques in massage, trigger points, neural muscle energy, manipulations, dry needling, myofascial release, therapeutic exercise and psychological approaches. In the General Introduction, several authors review the epidemiology of upper and lower extremity pain syndromes and the process of taking a comprehensive history in patients affected by pain. In Chapter 5, the basic principles of the physical examination are covered, while Chapter 6 places the field of manual therapy within the context of contemporary pain neurosciences and therapeutic neuroscience education. For the remaining sections, the textbook alternates between the upper and lower quadrants. Sections 2 and 3 provide state-of-the-art updates on mechanical neck pain, whiplash, thoracic outlet syndrome, myelopathy, radiculopathy, peri-partum pelvic pain, joint mobilizations and manipulations and therapeutic exercises, among others. Sections 4 to 9 review pertinent and updated aspects of the shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, the wrist and hand, and finally the ankle and foot. The last two sections of the book are devoted to muscle referred pain and neurodynamics. - The only one-stop manual detailing examination and treatment of the most commonly seen pain syndromes supported by accurate scientific and clinical data - Over 800 illustrations demonstrating examination procedures and techniques - Led by an expert editorial team and contributed by internationally-renowned researchers, educators and clinicians - Covers epidemiology and history-taking - Highly practical with a constant clinical emphasis

El objetivo de la obra en profundizar en la terapia acuática entendiendo ésta como el procedimiento terapéutico en el que se combinan las propiedades mecánicas del agua con las técnicas específicas de tratamiento por parte de los profesionales de la salud. Los autores, profesionales sanitarios con gran experiencia en la terapia acuática, hacen en esta obra un doble abordaje de la misma: desde la fisioterapia y desde la terapia ocupacional. Este doble abordaje es, sin lugar a dudas, una de las novedades de esta obra y un enfoque que hasta el momento no se ha recogido en ningún libro. El contenido de la obra se distribuye en un total de 5 bloques a través de los cuales los distintos autores, tanto españoles como internacionales, desglosan en concepto de Terapia Acuática desde sus bases y fundamentos, conceptos transversales, ámbitos de actuación y marco conceptual de investigación. La obra incluye algunos de los métodos y técnicas más novedosos y específicos que se están utilizando hoy en día dentro de las disciplinas de la fisioterapia y la terapia ocupacional, como son la integración sensorial y la terapia creneosacral. Igualmente se presentan varios métodos y técnicas consagrados de ambas disciplinas en el agua, como son el BRRM, WST y AiChi, contando para ello con los expertos que desarrollan estas metodologías a nivel formativo en el ámbito internacional. Los temas se presentan con un enfoque didáctico y pragmático, de manera que el lector pueda aplicar los conocimientos a su práctica clínica diaria. Primera obra en español dedicada íntegramente a abordar los procedimientos terapéuticos que se sirven de las propiedades mecánicas del agua para la aplicación de técnicas específicas por parte de los profesionales de la salud. Los temas se presentan con un enfoque didáctico y pragmático, de manera que el lector pueda aplicar los conocimientos a su práctica clínica. El contenido de la obra se distribuye en 5 bloques en los que se desglosan conceptos de Terapia Acuática desde sus bases y fundamentos, conceptos transversales, ámbitos de actuación y marco conceptual de investigación. Obra orientada a profesionales sanitarios que desarrollan su labor asistencial en el medio acuático, así como a estudiantes sanitarios interesados en la terapia acuática como intervención terapéutica.

This exciting new publication is the first authoritative resource on the market with an exclusive focus on Trigger Point ((TrP) dry needling. It provides a detailed and up-to-date scientific perspective against which TrP dry needling can be best understood. The first section of the book covers important topics such as the current understanding and neurophysiology of the TrP phenomena, safety and hygiene, the effect of needling on fascia and connective tissue, and an account on professional issues surrounding TrP dry needling. The second section includes a detailed and well-illustrated review of deep dry needling techniques of the most common muscles throughout the body. The third section of the book describes several other needling approaches, such as superficial dry needling, dry needling from a Western Acupuncture perspective, intramuscular stimulation, and Fu's subcutaneous needling. Trigger Point Dry Needling brings together authors who are internationally recognized specialists in the field of myofascial pain and dry needling. - First book of its kind to include different needling approaches (in the context of evidence) for the management of neuromuscular pain conditions - Highlights both current scientific evidence and clinicians'expertise and experience - Multi-contributed by a team of top international experts - Over 200 illustrations supporting the detailed description of needling techniques

Obra que presenta una exposición detallada sobre los síntomas y el abordaje de los síndromes dolorosos que afectan a la región cervical y al miembro superior. Los capítulos de este libro cubren tanto el diagnóstico como el tratamiento de las patologías neuromusculoesqueléticas y disfunciones del cuadrante superior del cuerpo, incluyendo articulaciones, músculos y tejidos miofasciales y neurales. Una de las novedades de la obra es la inclusión en la misma de distintas técnicas y abordajes para tratar una misma dolencia. Se presentan así distintas alternativas para que el profesional pueda seleccionar la más conveniente en cada caso. El contenido está avalado por una sólida base científica y de investigación. Más de 800 imágenes ayudan al lector a entender la metodología para aplicar cada una de las técnicas descritas en la obra. Obra que presenta una exposición detallada sobre los síntomas y el abordaje de los síndromes dolorosos que afectan a la región cervical y al miembro superior. Los capítulos de este libro cubren tanto el diagnóstico como el tratamiento de las patologías neuromusculoesqueléticas y disfunciones del cuadrante superior del cuerpo, incluyendo articulaciones, músculos y tejidos miofasciales y neurales. Una de las novedades de la obra es la inclusión en la misma de distintas técnicas y abordajes para tratar una misma dolencia. Se presentan así distintas alternativas para que el profesional pueda seleccionar la más conveniente en cada caso. Más de 800 imágenes ayudan al lector a entender la metodología para aplicar cada una de las técnicas descritas en la obra.

This is the first book for the new Series Contemporary Issues in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine.This textbook will assess both clinical and research aspects of the diagnosis and management of two highly prevalent headache disorders: tension-type and cervicogenic headaches. This textbook will cover both physical therapy and physical medicine approaches to the management of these headache disorders.