Critical Pathways in Therapeutic Intervention : Extremities and Spine

Critical pathways were developed in the US to ensure that all patients receiving treatment for a certain condition received exactly the same treatment. They contain step-by-step instructions detailing what each member of the team needs to do on certain days.

This text is unique in its integrative approach to rehabilitation. Pulling together diverse disease and concepts from sports medicine, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, ergonomics, geriatrics, kinesiology and physiotherapy, each chapter representsa comprehensive literature review of the specific pathologies which are most commonly encountered. The case study format simulates the signs and symptoms observed and measured during an actual examination. The subsequent question and answer format is logically organised so the concepts emerge in a step by step flow of ideas. Each chapter is independent of other chapters, all with an interactive approach.

No other book on the market bridges the gap between theory and practice whilst providing the magnitude of depth and breadth that this title provides.

Each chapter stresses relevant anatomical, kinesiologic and pathokinesiologic data for each topic, providing the reader with the necessary theoretical background to fully appreciate the disease process of each pathology

Covers Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity and Spine, giving the reader everything they need under one cover in an appealing format

Case studies provide the reader with clinical examples, with its question/answer format to make this a unique and useful tool in the classroom and in practice.

David C. Saidoff, BS, PT; Andrew McDonough, PT, EdD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, New York University, New York, NY