Pathology for the Physical Therapist Assistant 2nd Edition u2013 Ebook PDF Version

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 032339549X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323395496
• Author: Catherine Cavallaro Kellogg MBA PT CBP (Author), Charlene Marshall BS PTA (Author)

Understand the why behind diseases and disorders and how it affects what you do in everyday practice with Goodman and Fuller’s Pathology Essentials for the Physical Therapist Assistant, 2nd Edition. This reader-friendly book serves as both a great learning guide and reference tool as it covers all the pathology-related information that is most relevant to what you, the future or practicing physical therapy assistant, need to know. Each chapter takes a well-organized approach as it defines each pathology disorder; describes the appropriate physical therapy assessments, interventions, guidelines, precautions, and contraindications; and rounds out the discussion with relevant case study examples based on established practice patterns. This new edition also features new critical thinking questions and clinical scenarios on Evolve which bring the material to life and help you see how the information in the book can be applied to the day-to-day work of a physical therapist assistant.

Table contents:

Section 1: Introduction

1. Introduction to Concepts of Pathology

2. Problems Affecting Multiple Systems

3. Injury, Inflammation, and Healing  

Section 2: Clinical Medicine

4. The Immune System

5. Infectious Disease

6. Oncology

7. The Integumentary System

8. The Endocrine and Metabolic Systems

9. The Cardiovascular System

10. The Hematologic System

11. The Respiratory System

12. The Hepatic, Pancreatic, and Biliary Systems

Section 3: Pathology of the Musculoskeletal System 

13. Introduction to Pathology of the Musculoskeletal System

14. Genetic and Developmental Disorders

15. Infectious Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System

16. Musculoskeletal Neoplasms

17. Bone, Joint, and Soft Tissue Diseases and Disorders

Section 4: Pathology of the Nervous System

18. Introduction to Central Nervous System Disorders

19. Infectious Disorders of the Central Nervous System

20. Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System

21. Stroke

22. Traumatic Brain Injury

23. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

24. Cerebral Palsy

25. The Peripheral Nervous System