Quick Reference Dictionary for Physical Therapy

Quick Reference Dictionary for Physical Therapy allows easy access to volumes of information in the field of physical therapy in one handy resource. This reference book is designed specifically for the physical therapy student and practitioner and provides more than 2800 terms, concepts, and conditions essential to the field.This user-friendly dictionary provides quick reference to words and their definitions that are encountered on a day-to-day basis as a clinician and as a student. There are 40 appendices included in this handy reference with materials such as selected APTA documents and World Wide Web resources.This outstanding dictionary also provides lists of frequently used and standardized acronyms and abbreviations for words, medical roots from which many words are derived, commonly used acronyms for evaluative tests and measures, and guidelines for documentation.Quick Reference Dictionary for Physical Therapy is the perfect companion for school, clinical affiliations, preparation for the licensure examination, and physical therapy practice.