Riabilitazione cardiologica

This is a comprehensive textbook spanning the entire scope of cardiovascular and pulmonary practice. It includes CD-ROM with interactive case studies. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy reflects the broadest possible spectrum of cardiovascular and pulmonary practice and draws upon the expertise of more than two dozen internationally recognized contributors. The second edition has been updated to cover the sweeping changes that have occurred in both the practice of physical therapy and the education of physical therapy students. These changes include health care cost containment, the introduction of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, and the utilization of the disablement model. Features: the Guide to Physical Therapy Practice is integrated throughout with an entire chapter devoted to its history and use; preferred practice patterns for cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy form the core of eight chapters are used as springboards to describe interventions and outcomes; case studies in practice pattern chapters allows readers to experience the proper application of the practice patterns; the patient-client management model is used in the case studies with appropriate test, measures, and interventions selected from the practice patterns and applied to the patient; "International Perspectives" provide a way to gain insight into the global practice of physical therapy; evidence-based and peer reviewed published material is included to help readers develop specific intervention regimens; and companion CD-ROM includes case-study-based exercises, video clips illustrating technical psychomotor skills, and demonstrations of cardiac and pulmonary physical exams.

Since publication of the third edition of this popular text, significant changes have occurred in physical therapy education. In keeping with these changes, this new fourth edition corresponds exactly with the practice patterns of the APTA's "Guide to Physical Therapist Practice". Readers will find a completely transformed and rewritten text, with chapter-by-chapter coverage of each practice pattern making this book unique in the field. This newly integrated and up-to-date book will be the text of choice for an entire generation of physical therapists the world over. Instructor resources are available.

This edition addresses the cost effectiveness of interventions that educate and motivate patients to assume personal responsibility for long-term disease prevention.

Thirty chapters written by renowned scholars, researchers and clinicians from the field of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, offering readers both a broad overview of the field and an in-depth analysis of contemporary issues facing practitioners.