Tidy's Physiotherapy (15^th Ed.) Physiotherapy Essentials Series

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateur : Porter Stuart

Couverture de l’ouvrage Tidy's Physiotherapy

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A classic textbook and a student favourite, Tidy's Physiotherapy aims to reflect contemporary practice of physiotherapy and can be used as a quick reference by the physiotherapy undergraduate for major problems that they may encounter throughout their study, or while on clinical placement. Tidy's Physiotherapy is a resource which charts a range of popular subject areas. It also encourages the student to think about problem-solving and basic decision-making in a practice setting, presenting case studies to consolidate and apply learning.

In this fifteenth edition, new chapters have been added and previous chapters withdrawn, continuing its reflection of contemporary education and practice. Chapters have again been written by experts who come from a wide range of clinical and academic backgrounds. The new edition is complemented by an accompanying online ancillary which offers access to over 50 video clips on musculoskeletal tests, massage and exercise and an image bank along with the addition of crosswords and MCQs for self-assessment.

Now with new chapters on:

Reflection
Collaborative health and social care / interprofessional education
Clinical leadership
Pharmacology
Muscle imbalance
Sports management
Acupuncture in physiotherapy
Management of Parkinson's and of older people
Neurodynamics

Part of the Physiotherapy Essentials series - core textbooks for both students and lecturers!

Covers a comprehensive range of clinical, academic and professional subjects
Annotated illustrations to simplify learning
Definition, Key Point and Weblink boxes
Online access to over 50 video clips and 100's of dowloadable images (http://evolve.elsevier.com/Porter/Tidy)

Online resources via Evolve Learning with video clips, image bank, crosswords and MCQs! Log on and register at http://evolve.elsevier.com/Porter/Tidy
Case studies
Additional illustrations

1. The responsibilities of being a physiotherapist

2. Collaborative health and social care, and the role of interprofessional education

3. Clinical leadership

4. Pharmacology

5. Reflection

6. Management of respiratory diseases

7. Adult spontaneous and conventional mechanical ventilation

8. Cardiac rehabilitation

9. Physiotherapy in thoracic surgery

10. Changing relationships for promoting health

11. Musculoskeletal assessment

12. The physiotherapy management of inflammation, healing and repair

13. Exercise in rehabilitation

14. Muscle imbalance

15. Biomechanics

16. Sports management

17. Pain

18. Acupuncture in physiotherapy

19. Electrotherapy

20. Physiotherapy for people with major amputation

21. Massage

22. An introduction to fractures

23. Joint arthroplasty

24. Physiotherapy management of Parkinson's and of older people

25. Neurodynamics

26. Neurological physiotherapy

27. Physiotherapy in women's health

Physiotherapy students
Sport Science and Sports Rehabilitation Students

Dr Porter has been teaching since 1996 within Higher Education. His passion is undergraduate education and supporting students. He was winner of the first University award for teaching excellence in 2009. In 2015 and 2016 he was nominated by his students for two University teaching awards - best teacher and best post graduate supervisor. Dr Porter lectures mainly on the full time Physiotherapy undergraduate degree programme. He has written nine books with Elsevier publishers that are now translated into eleven languages. His PhD was in Rheumatology from the University of Central Lancashire. His thesis studied the sero negative rheumatological disease Ankylosing Spondylitis. He is a PhD examiner, expert witness and member of the medico legal association of chartered physiotherapists. He is external examiner for the University of Liverpool's MSC PGDip in Veterinary Physiotherapy and has held external examiner positions at the Universities of East London, Liverpool and Bradford. He is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to working within education, he was a Chartered Physiotherapist within the NHS for 15 years at hospitals achieving Senior I grade. He was also the Physiotherapist to the England Women's football team for three years. this memorable experience allowed him to represent England working with talented individuals both at home and during tours of countries including France, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. During the summer months he lectures at Corpus Christi College Cambridge where he is Medical Director of studies to medical students at Corpus Christi College.