Therapeutic Exercise for Physical Therapy Assistants - Techniques for Intervention

Klappentext Offers the training you need to fulfill your responsibilities as a physical therapist assistant. This book gives you the knowledge and skills to effectively implement patient treatment plans using therapeutic exercise techniques that you administer under the direction of a physical therapist. Zusammenfassung Offers the training you need to fulfill your responsibilities as a physical therapist assistant. This book gives you the knowledge and skills to effectively implement patient treatment plans using therapeutic exercise techniques that you administer under the direction of a physical therapist. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Reviewers Preface to Third Edition Acknowledgments PART I: Foundations of Therapeutic Exercise; 1. Introduction to Therapeutic Exercise 2. The Role of the Physical Therapist Assistant PART II: Mobility; 3. Range of Motion 4. Joint Mobilization 5. Stretching Activities for Increasing Muscle Flexibility PART III: Strength and Power; 6. Principles of Resistance Training 7. Open-Chain-Resistance Training 8. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation 9. Closed-Kinetic-Chain Exercise 10. Plyometrics PART IV: Balance; 11. Balance Training 12. Reactive Neuromuscular Training PART V: Cardiopulmonary Applications; 13. Principles of Aerobic Conditioning and Cardiac Rehabilitation 14. Enhancement of Breathing and Pulmonary Function PART VI: Functional Progression in Therapeutic Exercise; 15. Functional Progression for the Spine 16. Functional Progression for the Extremities PART VII: Unique Applications of Therapeutic Exercise; 17. Aquatic Therapy 18. Therapeutic Exercise for the Preparation of Gait Activities 19. Principles of Contextual Fitness and Function for Older Adults 20. Application of Therapeutic Exercise using Sample Protocols Glossary Index

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• Authors: W D Bandy, William D Bandy, William D. Bandy, BANDY WILLIAM D, Barbara Sanders
• Assisted by: Michael A. Morris (Photographs), William D. Bandy (Editor), Barbara Sanders (Editor)
• Publisher: Lippincott
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2012
• EAN: 9781608314201
• ISBN: 978-1-60831-420-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Point (Lippincott Williams & W; Point (Lippincott Williams & W
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General