A practical text covering the theory and the practice of clinical reasoning skills for all physical therapists. Provides readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting. With a range of very high-caliber international contributors in the field of physiotherapy practice, this book gives the answers to the practitioner's question of how does one apply the theoretical knowledge involved in clinical reasoning to practice and how can one become a better practitioner as a result.
* This book will provide readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting
* Increase clinicians' awareness of the clinical reasoning process
* Encourage clinicians' reflection of their own reasoning including factors that influence their reasoning, typical errors they may be making and how to promote skilled reasoning
1. Introduction - p. xi 2. Section 1: Principles of clinical reasoning in manual therapy - p. xiv 3. Chapter 1: Introduction to clinical reasoning - p. xiv 4. Section 2: Clinical reasoning in action: case studies from expert manual therapists - p. 24 5. Chapter 2: Back and bilateral leg pain in a 63-year-old woman - p. 24 6. Chapter 3: Ongoing low back, leg and thorax troubles, with tennis elbow and headache - p. 35 7. Chapter 4: Chronic low back pain over 13 years - p. 50 8. Chapter 5: Unnecessary fear avoidance and physical incapacity in a 55-year-old housewife - p. 60 9. Chapter 6: A chronic case of mechanic’s elbow - p. 86 10. Chapter 7: Chronic low back and coccygeal pain - p. 102 11. Chapter 8: Ankle sprain in a 14-year-old girl - p. 122 12. Chapter 9: Headache in a mature athlete - p. 134 13. Chapter 10: Thoracic pain limiting a patient’s secretarial work and sport - p. 148 14. Chapter 11: Bilateral shoulder pain in a 16-year-old long-distance swimmer - p. 160 15. Chapter 12: Medial collateral ligament repair in a professional ice hockey player - p. 179 16. Chapter 13: Patellofemoral pain in a professional tennis player - p. 193 17. Chapter 14: Self-management guided by directional preference and centralization in a patient with low back and leg pain - p. 205 18. Chapter 15: Craniovertebral dysfunction following a motor vehicle accident - p. 214 19. Chapter 16: A judge’s fractured radius with metal fixation following an accident - p. 228 20. Chapter 17: A university student with chronic facial pain - p. 242 21. Chapter 18: Adolescent hip pain - p. 260 22. Chapter 19: A software programmer and sportsman with low back pain and sciatica - p. 274 23. Chapter 20: An elderly woman ‘trapped within her own home’ by groin pain - p. 311 24. Chapter 21: Chronic peripartum pelvic pain - p. 325 25. Chapter 22: Acute on chronic low back pain - p. 339 26. Chapter 23: A non-musculoskeletal disorder masquerading as a musculoskeletal disorder - p. 351 27. Chapter 24: Forearm pain preventing leisure activities - p. 357 28. Section 3: Theory and development - p. 376 29. Chapter 25: Educational theory and principles related to learning clinical reasoning - p. 376 30. Chapter 26: Improving clinical reasoning in manual therapy - p. 402 31. Appendix 1: Reflective diary - p. 419 32. Appendix 2: Self-reflection worksheet - p. 420 33. Index - p. 431
A practical text covering the theory and the practice of clinical reasoning skills for all physical therapists. Provides readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting. With a range of very high-caliber international contributors in the field of physiotherapy practice, this book gives the answers to the practitioner's question of how does one apply the theoretical knowledge involved in clinical reasoning to practice and how can one become a better practitioner as a result.
* This book will provide readers with activities to improve their own clinical reasoning within their own clinical setting
* Increase clinicians' awareness of the clinical reasoning process
* Encourage clinicians' reflection of their own reasoning including factors that influence their reasoning, typical errors they may be making and how to promote skilled reasoning
1. Introduction - p. xi 2. Section 1: Principles of clinical reasoning in manual therapy - p. xiv 3. Chapter 1: Introduction to clinical reasoning - p. xiv 4. Section 2: Clinical reasoning in action: case studies from expert manual therapists - p. 24 5. Chapter 2: Back and bilateral leg pain in a 63-year-old woman - p. 24 6. Chapter 3: Ongoing low back, leg and thorax troubles, with tennis elbow and headache - p. 35 7. Chapter 4: Chronic low back pain over 13 years - p. 50 8. Chapter 5: Unnecessary fear avoidance and physical incapacity in a 55-year-old housewife - p. 60 9. Chapter 6: A chronic case of mechanic’s elbow - p. 86 10. Chapter 7: Chronic low back and coccygeal pain - p. 102 11. Chapter 8: Ankle sprain in a 14-year-old girl - p. 122 12. Chapter 9: Headache in a mature athlete - p. 134 13. Chapter 10: Thoracic pain limiting a patient’s secretarial work and sport - p. 148 14. Chapter 11: Bilateral shoulder pain in a 16-year-old long-distance swimmer - p. 160 15. Chapter 12: Medial collateral ligament repair in a professional ice hockey player - p. 179 16. Chapter 13: Patellofemoral pain in a professional tennis player - p. 193 17. Chapter 14: Self-management guided by directional preference and centralization in a patient with low back and leg pain - p. 205 18. Chapter 15: Craniovertebral dysfunction following a motor vehicle accident - p. 214 19. Chapter 16: A judge’s fractured radius with metal fixation following an accident - p. 228 20. Chapter 17: A university student with chronic facial pain - p. 242 21. Chapter 18: Adolescent hip pain - p. 260 22. Chapter 19: A software programmer and sportsman with low back pain and sciatica - p. 274 23. Chapter 20: An elderly woman ‘trapped within her own home’ by groin pain - p. 311 24. Chapter 21: Chronic peripartum pelvic pain - p. 325 25. Chapter 22: Acute on chronic low back pain - p. 339 26. Chapter 23: A non-musculoskeletal disorder masquerading as a musculoskeletal disorder - p. 351 27. Chapter 24: Forearm pain preventing leisure activities - p. 357 28. Section 3: Theory and development - p. 376 29. Chapter 25: Educational theory and principles related to learning clinical reasoning - p. 376 30. Chapter 26: Improving clinical reasoning in manual therapy - p. 402 31. Appendix 1: Reflective diary - p. 419 32. Appendix 2: Self-reflection worksheet - p. 420 33. Index - p. 431
