**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Physical Therapy**
Specifically designed to address the expanding role of physical therapists in primary care, Primary Care for the Physical Therapist: Examination and Triage, Fourth Edition, covers all the information and skills you need to be successful in the field. Updated content throughout the text helps you stay up to date on the best practices involving patient triage and management, and communication. This edition also features new chapters on pediatrics and diet and nutrition, new information on innovative primary care models with integrated physical therapist services, and on telehealth in the post-COVID era. An enhanced ebook is included with every new print purchase. This is a must-have resource for any physical therapist wanting to obtain the clinical expertise and clinical decision-making abilities needed to serve essential roles in the primary care model as the profession strives to transform the health of society.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. IFC - p. iii 5. PRIMARY CARE for thePHYSICAL THERAPISTEXAMINATION and TRIAGEFOURTHEDITION - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iii 7. Dedication - p. iii 8. Contributors - p. iii 9. Preface - p. iii 10. Contents - p. iii 11. VIDEO TABLE OF CONTENTS - p. iii 12. List of Illustrations - p. iii 13. List of Tables - p. iii 14. SECTION 1: Foundations - p. iii 15. Chapter 1: Primary Care and Physical Therapist Practice: Now and Beyond - p. iii 16. Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Examination of Diagnostic Information and Outcome Measures - p. iii 17. Chapter 3: Primary Care: The Health and Wellness Perspectives - p. iii 18. Chapter 4: Diet and Nutrition in Primary Care - p. iii 19. Chapter 5: The Patient Interview: The Science Behind the Art of Skillful Communication - p. iii 20. Chapter 6: Prologue - p. iii 21. Chapter 7: Symptom Investigation: Part I–Chief Complaint by Body Region - p. iii 22. Chapter 8: Symptom Investigation: Part II-Chief Complaint by Symptom - p. iii 23. Chapter 9: Symptom Investigation: Part III—History of Trauma - p. iii 24. Chapter 10: Patient Health History Including Identification of Health Risk Factors - p. iii 25. Chapter 11: Review of Systems - p. iii 26. Chapter 12: Patient Interview: The Physical Examination Begins - p. iii 27. Chapter 13: Systems Review: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems - p. iii 28. Chapter 14: Upper Quarter Screening Examination - p. iii 29. Chapter 15: Lower Quarter Screening Examination - p. iii 30. Chapter 16: Diagnostic Imaging - p. iii 31. Chapter 17: Laboratory Tests and Values - p. iii 32. Chapter 18: Electrodiagnostic Testing Including Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography and Physical Therapist Practice - p. iii 33. SECTION 3: Life Cycle/Special Populations - p. iii 34. Chapter 19: The Pediatric Population - p. iii 35. Chapter 20: The Adolescent Population - p. iii 36. Chapter 21: The Obstetric Population - p. iii 37. Chapter 22: The Geriatric Population - p. iii 38. SECTION 4: Wrap Up - p. iii 39. Chapter 23: “Do-Not-Want-to-Miss” List of Nine Conditions - p. iii 40. Appendices - p. iii 41. Index - p. iii 42. IBC - p. iii
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Physical Therapy**
Specifically designed to address the expanding role of physical therapists in primary care, Primary Care for the Physical Therapist: Examination and Triage, Fourth Edition, covers all the information and skills you need to be successful in the field. Updated content throughout the text helps you stay up to date on the best practices involving patient triage and management, and communication. This edition also features new chapters on pediatrics and diet and nutrition, new information on innovative primary care models with integrated physical therapist services, and on telehealth in the post-COVID era. An enhanced ebook is included with every new print purchase. This is a must-have resource for any physical therapist wanting to obtain the clinical expertise and clinical decision-making abilities needed to serve essential roles in the primary care model as the profession strives to transform the health of society.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. IFC - p. iii 5. PRIMARY CARE for thePHYSICAL THERAPISTEXAMINATION and TRIAGEFOURTHEDITION - p. iii 6. Copyright - p. iii 7. Dedication - p. iii 8. Contributors - p. iii 9. Preface - p. iii 10. Contents - p. iii 11. VIDEO TABLE OF CONTENTS - p. iii 12. List of Illustrations - p. iii 13. List of Tables - p. iii 14. SECTION 1: Foundations - p. iii 15. Chapter 1: Primary Care and Physical Therapist Practice: Now and Beyond - p. iii 16. Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Examination of Diagnostic Information and Outcome Measures - p. iii 17. Chapter 3: Primary Care: The Health and Wellness Perspectives - p. iii 18. Chapter 4: Diet and Nutrition in Primary Care - p. iii 19. Chapter 5: The Patient Interview: The Science Behind the Art of Skillful Communication - p. iii 20. Chapter 6: Prologue - p. iii 21. Chapter 7: Symptom Investigation: Part I–Chief Complaint by Body Region - p. iii 22. Chapter 8: Symptom Investigation: Part II-Chief Complaint by Symptom - p. iii 23. Chapter 9: Symptom Investigation: Part III—History of Trauma - p. iii 24. Chapter 10: Patient Health History Including Identification of Health Risk Factors - p. iii 25. Chapter 11: Review of Systems - p. iii 26. Chapter 12: Patient Interview: The Physical Examination Begins - p. iii 27. Chapter 13: Systems Review: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems - p. iii 28. Chapter 14: Upper Quarter Screening Examination - p. iii 29. Chapter 15: Lower Quarter Screening Examination - p. iii 30. Chapter 16: Diagnostic Imaging - p. iii 31. Chapter 17: Laboratory Tests and Values - p. iii 32. Chapter 18: Electrodiagnostic Testing Including Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography and Physical Therapist Practice - p. iii 33. SECTION 3: Life Cycle/Special Populations - p. iii 34. Chapter 19: The Pediatric Population - p. iii 35. Chapter 20: The Adolescent Population - p. iii 36. Chapter 21: The Obstetric Population - p. iii 37. Chapter 22: The Geriatric Population - p. iii 38. SECTION 4: Wrap Up - p. iii 39. Chapter 23: “Do-Not-Want-to-Miss” List of Nine Conditions - p. iii 40. Appendices - p. iii 41. Index - p. iii 42. IBC - p. iii
