Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 6th Edition

Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 6th Edition

Language: English

Pages: 960

ISBN: 080362574X

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, Kisner & Colby’s 6th Edition offers the most up-to-date exercise guidelines for individualizing interventions for those with movement disorders.

Now with contributions from the leading experts in the field, it encompasses all of the principles of therapeutic exercise and manual therapy, including spinal surgery and spinal manipulation. This renowned manual remains the authoritative source for exercise instruction for the therapist and for patient self-management.

Plus, you’ll have access to Kisner and Colby's Therapeutic Exercise Video Library online at DavisPlus, featuring over 30 NEW full-color video clips—94 in all—demonstrating basic therapeutic exercises and techniques.

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Pressure on the anterior aspect of the distal thigh with your other hand. Allow the knee to extend so the two-joint rectus femoris does not restrict the range. Support and grasp the anterior aspect of the patient’s distal femur. Stabilize the patient’s buttocks to prevent movement of the pelvis. Extend the patient’s hip by lifting the femur off the table. Extension of the Hip with Knee Flexion To increase hip extension and knee flexion simultaneously (stretch the rectus femoris). Patient.

Gliding or distraction techniques to maintain available joint play and prevent the degenerating and restricting effects of immobility. Focus on Evidence DiFabio6 summarized evidence on the effectiveness of manual therapy (primarily mobilization and manipulation) on patients with somatic pain syndromes in the low back region and concluded that there was significantly greater improvement in patients receiving manual therapy than in controls. Boissonnault et al.4 cited several studies that.

The therapist investigates various combinations of parallel or perpendicular accessory glides to find the pain-free direction and grade of accessory movement. This may be a glide, spin, distraction, or combination of movements. While the therapist sustains the pain-free accessory mobilization, the patient is requested to perform the comparable sign. The comparable sign should now be significantly improved; that is, there should be increased ROM, and the motion should be free of the original.

1.11 lists the impairment-based diagnostic classifications developed by consensus by physical therapists for the musculoskeletal system.2 The groupings of impairments exhibited by patients with most of the conditions discussed in this textbook can be classified into at least one of these diagnostic categories. Patients with different pathologies but similar impairments may be classified by the same diagnostic category. Moreover, it is not uncommon during the diagnostic process for a therapist to.

Used during the initial stage of 01Kisner (F)-01 3/9/07 12:53 PM Page 31 C H A P T E R 1 Therapeutic Exercise: Foundational Concepts learning. The therapist provides information, often verbally, about the outcome of the task (KR) immediately after each trial. Although immediate feedback may enhance early skill acquisition, it too does not allow time for problem solving by the patient and detection of errors without input from the therapist. Consequently, although initial skill acquisition.

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