Full Description
Bridging the gap between human physical therapy and veterinary medicine, Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, 2nd Edition provides vets, veterinary students, and human physical therapists with traditional and alternative physical therapy methods to effectively evaluate and treat dogs with various debilitating conditions. Coverage includes treatment protocols for many types of cutaneous, neurologic, and musculoskeletal injuries to facilitate a faster and more complete recovery.
Invaluable protocols for conservative and postoperative treatment ensure the successful healing of dogs and their return to full mobility
Printable medical record forms on the companion website, including client information worksheets, referral forms, orthopedic evaluation forms, and more, can be customized for your veterinary practice
Six completely updated chapters on exercising dogs define the basic principles of aquatic and land-based exercise and how they may be applied to dogs, as well as how physical therapy professionals can adapt common "human" exercises to dogs
Numerous chapters on therapeutic modalities, including therapeutic lasers, illustrate how physical therapy professionals can adapt common "human" modalities to dogs
Physical examination chapters offer comprehensive information on orthopedics, neurology, and rehabilitation
New chapters keep you up to date with coverage of joint mobilization, rehabilitation of the athletic patient, biomechanics of rehabilitation, and physical therapy for wound care
A companion website includes 40 narrated video clips of various modalities and exercises used to correct problems with lameness, hip disorders, and gait analysis, plus downloadable and printable orthopedic, neurologic, and physical rehabilitation forms, in addition to a client information worksheet, referral form and letter, and a daily flowsheet form
Contents
Section I: Introduction to Physical Rehabilitation
1. History of Canine Physical Rehabilitation
2. Regulatory and Practice Issues for the Veterinary and Physical Therapy Professions
3. Conceptual Overview of Physical Therapy, Veterinary Medicine, and Canine Rehabilitation
Section II: Basic Science of Veterinary Rehabilitation
4. Canine Behavior
5. Canine Anatomy
6. Tissue Healing: Tendons, Ligaments, Bone, Muscles, and Cartilage
7. Responses of Musculoskeletal Tissues to Disuse and Remobilization
8. Exercise Physiology
9. Exercise Physiology of the Canine Athlete
Section III: Patient Assessment and Management
10. Orthopedic and Neurologic Examination
11. Canine Locomotion Analysis
12. The Physical Rehabilitation Evaluation
13. Assessing and Measuring Outcomes
14. Rehabilitating the Painful Patient: Pain Management in Physical Rehabilitation
15. The Role of Chondroprotectants, Nutraceuticals, and Nutrition in Rehabilitation Nursing Care of the Rehabilitation Patient
16. Nursing Care of the Rehabilitation Patient
17. Devices for Ambulation Assistance in Companion Animals
Section IV: Therapeutic Modalities
18. Superficial Thermal Modalities
19. Therapeutic Ultrasound
20. Electrical Stimulation
21. Therapeutic Lasers in Canine Rehabilitation
22. Applications of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in Small Animal Practice
23. Other Modalities in Veterinary Rehabilitation
Section V: Therapeutic Exercise and Manual Therapy
24. Biomechanics of Physical Rehabilitation and Kinematics of Exercise
25. Range-of-Motion and Stretching Exercises
26. Joint Mobilization
27. Massage
28. Exercises for Proprioception, Balance, and Joint Position Awareness
29. Therapeutic Exercises: Early Limb Use Exercises
30. Therapeutic Exercises: Joint Motion, Strengthening, Endurance and Speed Exercises
31. Aquatic Therapy
Section VI: Physical Therapy for Specific Diagnoses
32. Common Orthopedic Conditions and Their Physical Rehabilitation
33. Common Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Athletic Patient
34. Neurologic Conditions and Physical Rehabilitation of the Neurologic Patient
35. Physical Rehabilitation for Geriatric and Arthritic Patients
36. Physical Therapy for Wound Care
37. Physical Rehabilitation for the Critically Injured Veterinary Patient
38. Development of a Rehabilitation Facility for Small Animals and Business Considerations
Appendix
1: Protocol Development and Protocols
2: Manufacturers of Supplies and Equipment
