Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

Bridging the gap between human physical therapy and veterinary medicine, Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, 2nd Edition provides vets, veterinary students, and human physical therapists with traditional and alternative physical therapy methods to effectively evaluate and treat dogs with various debilitating conditions. Coverage includes treatment protocols for many types of cutaneous, neurologic, and musculoskeletal injuries to facilitate a faster and more complete recovery.
"Overall, this book is an extensive text for anyone interested in pursuing canine rehabilitation and physical therapy" Reviewed by: Helen Davies, University of Melbourne on behalf of Australian Veterinary Journal, March 2015

• Invaluable protocols for conservative and postoperative treatment ensure the successful healing of dogs and their return to full mobility.
• Printable medical record forms on the companion website, including client information worksheets, referral forms, orthopedic evaluation forms, and more, can be customized for your veterinary practice.
• Six completely updated chapters on exercising dogs define the basic principles of aquatic and land-based exercise and how they may be applied to dogs, as well as how physical therapy professionals can adapt common "human" exercises to dogs.
• Numerous chapters on therapeutic modalities, including therapeutic lasers, illustrate how physical therapy professionals can adapt common "human" modalities to dogs.
• Physical examination chapters offer comprehensive information on orthopedics, neurology, and rehabilitation.

• New chapters keep you up to date with coverage of joint mobilization, rehabilitation of the athletic patient, biomechanics of rehabilitation, and physical therapy for wound care.
• A companion website includes 40 narrated video clips of various modalities and exercises used to correct problems with lameness, hip disorders, and gait analysis, plus downloadable and printable orthopedic, neurologic, and physical rehabilitation forms, in addition to a client information worksheet, referral form and letter, and a daily flowsheet form.

List of contents

Section I: Introduction to Physical Rehabilitation

1. History of Canine Physical Rehabilitation


2. Regulatory and Practice Issues for the Veterinary and Physical Therapy Professions


3. Conceptual Overview of Physical Therapy, Veterinary Medicine, and Canine Rehabilitation
Section II: Basic Science of Veterinary Rehabilitation


4. Canine Behavior


5. Canine Anatomy


6. Tissue Healing: Tendons, Ligaments, Bone, Muscles, and Cartilage


7. Responses of Musculoskeletal Tissues to Disuse and Remobilization


8. Exercise Physiology


9. Exercise Physiology of the Canine Athlete - NEW!
Section III: Patient Assessment and Management


10. Orthopedic and Neurologic Examination


11. Canine Locomotion Analysis


12. The Physical Rehabilitation Evaluation - NEW!


13. Assessing and Measuring Outcomes


14. Rehabilitating the Painful Patient: Pain Management in Physical Rehabilitation - NEW!


15. The Role of Chondroprotectants, Nutraceuticals, and Nutrition in Rehabilitation Nursing Care of the Rehabilitation Patient - NEW!


16. Nursing Care of the Rehabilitation Patient - NEW!


17. Devices for Ambulation Assistance in Companion Animals - NEW!
Section IV: Therapeutic Modalities


18. Superficial Thermal Modalities


19. Therapeutic Ultrasound


20. Electrical Stimulation - NEW!


21. Therapeutic Lasers in Canine Rehabilitation - NEW!


22. Applications of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in Small Animal Practice - NEW!


23. Other Modalities in Veterinary Rehabilitation - NEW!
Section V: Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy


24. Biomechanics of Physical Rehabilitation and Kinematics of Exercise - NEW!


25. Range-of-Motion and Stretching Exercises


26. Joint Mobilization - NEW!


27. Massage


28. Exercises for Proprioception, Balance, and Joint Position Awareness


29. Therapeutic Exercises: Early Limb Use Exercises


30. Therapeutic Exercises: Joint Motion, Strengthening, Endurance and Speed Exercises


31. Aquatic Therapy
Section VI: Physical Therapy for Specific Diagnoses


32. Common Orthopedic Conditions and Their Physical Rehabilitation


33. Common Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Athletic Patient - NEW!


34. Neurologic Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Neurologic Patient


35. Physical Rehabilitation for Geriatric and Arthritic Patients


36. Physical Therapy for Wound Care - NEW!


37. Physical Rehabilitation for the Critically Injured Veterinary Patient


38. Development of a Rehabilitation Facility for Small Animals and Business Considerations

Appendix 1: Protocol Development and Protocols
Appendix 2: Manufacturers of Supplies and Equipment - NEW!
Glossary
Index

About the author

David Levine, geboren 1965, ist Wahlberner seit 1988. Als "Crazy David" hat er sich einen Name als Karikaturist gemacht. Seit 2009 leitet er das wöchentliche Kinderprogramm auf dem Gurten. "Crazy David" lebt mit seiner Frau und 2 Kindern in einem Märchenhaus am Waldrand.

Summary

Provides an understanding of physical therapy techniques and intervention for dogs suffering from debilitating conditions. This book highlights key concepts and procedures, and case studies and specific therapies that can be used as guidelines for the management of clinical patients.

Report

"Overall, this book is an extensive text for anyone interested in pursuing canine rehabilitation and physical therapy or for those intending to refer dogs to such practitioners." Reviewed by: Helen Davies, University of Melbourne on behalf of Australian Veterinary Journal, March 2015

Product details

• Authors: David Levine, Darryl Millis, Darryl (Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Millis, Millis Darryl
• Publisher: Saunders
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9781437703092
• ISBN: 978-1-4377-0309-2
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 2402 g
• Series: Saunders W.B.; Saunders W.B.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine; MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Small Animal, Veterinary medicine: small animals (pets), Veterinary medicine: small animals