Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Toward Function, Third Edition provides a conceptual framework for learning how to make clinical decisions regarding the prescription of therapeutic exercise--from deciding which exercise(s) to teach, to how to teach them, to the dosage required for the best possible outcome. Throughout this text, readers will learn how to treat, with the use of therapeutic exercise and related interventions, the impairments that correlate to functional limitations and the disability and to work toward the most optimal function possible.
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Unit I: Foundations of Therapeutic Exercise Chapter 1: Introduction to Therapeutic Exercise and the Model of Functioning and Ability Chapter 2: Patient Management Chapter 3: Principles of Self-Management and Exercise Instruction Chapter 4: Prevention and the Promotion of Health, Wellness, and Fitness Unit II: Physiologic Impairments and Therapeutic Exercise Chapter 5: Impaired Muscle Performance Chapter 6: Impaired Aerobic Capacity/Endurance Chapter 7: Impaired Range of Motion and Joint Mobility Chapter 8: Impaired Balance Chapter 9: Impaired Posture Chapter 10: Pain includes content from former chapter on Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Unit III: Special Physiologic Considerations in Therapeutic Exercise Chapter 11: Soft Tissue Injury in Postoperative Treatment Chapter 12: Therapeutic Exercise for Arthritis Chapter 13: Therapeutic Exercise in Obstetrics Unit IV: Sample Specialties of Therapeutic Exercise Intervention Chapter 14: Closed Kinetic Training Chapter 15: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Chapter 16: Aquatic Physical Therapy Unit V: Functional Approach to Therapeutic Exercise of the Lower Extremities Chapter 17: The Lumbopelvic Region Chapter 18: The Pelvic Floor Chapter 19: The Hip Chapter 20: The Knee Chapter 21: The Ankle/Foot Unit VI: Functional Approach to Therapeutic Exercise for the Upper Extremities Chapter 22: The Temporomandibular Joint Chapter 23: The Cervical Spine Chapter 24: The Thoracic Spine Chapter 25: The Shoulder Girdle Chapter 26: The Elbow, Forearm, Wrist, and Hand Unit VII: Case Studies
