Practical Physical Therapy Handbook

Author: Nan Dengkun
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This book combines the author's long-term research findings in the basic theoretical foundations of physical therapy with clinical practical experience. It comprehensively and systematically introduces general physical therapy, therapeutic exercise, flexibility training, strength, endurance, and power training, cardiovascular and respiratory function training, neurodevelopmental techniques, coordination and balance training, gait analysis and training, as well as the equipment, operational techniques, indications, contraindications, precautions, and clinical application examples of modalities such as direct current, low-frequency electricity, high-frequency electricity, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, ultrasound, conductive heat, cryotherapy, hydrotherapy, magnetic fields, massage and manipulation, spinal traction, etc. The book is accompanied by numerous illustrations.
Target Audience: Physical therapists, physician assistants, graduate students, medical students, and primary care physicians.