Pathology for the Physical Therapist Assistant 2nd Edition u2013 Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.
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
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