Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists

Screening for Referral

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Brand: Saunders

ISBN: 9780721606194

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Written by a leading expert in the field, this comprehensive reference text enables users to properly screen for medical disease to make an informed differential diagnosis. The goal of this text is to teach the Physical Therapist how to determine if the patient has a true neuromuscular or musculoskeletal problem and to determine the specific dysfunction or impairment. This new edition includes a chapter that focuses specifically on pain. It also contains a new chapter on physical assessment as a screening tool and the introductory chapter has been revised to explain the more modern approach of screening.

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Brand Saunders

Reference 31992

EAN13 9780721606194

ISBN 9780721606194

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Publication date: 2007
Issue number: 4
Cover: paperback
Pages count: 944
Dimensions (mm): 216 x 276
Weight (g): 2132

Section One:: Introduction to the Screening Process

1. Introduction to Screening for Referral in Physical Therapy

2. Interviewing As a Screening Tool

3. Pain Types and Viscerogenic Pain Patterns

4. Physical Assessment as a Screening Tool

Section Two:: Viscerogenic Causes of Neuromusculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction

5. Screening for Hematologic Disease

6. Screening for Cardiovascular Disease

7. Screening for Pulmonary Disease

8. Screening for Gastrointestinal Disease

9. Screening for Hepatic and Biliary Disease

10. Screening for Urogenital Disease

11. Screening for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease

12. Screening for Immunologic Disease

13. Screening for Cancer

Section Three:: Systemic Origins of Neuromusculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction

14. Screening in the Head, Neck, and Back

15. Screening in the Sacrum, Sacroiliac, and Pelvis

16. Screening in the Lower Quadrant:: Buttock, Hip, Thigh, Groin, and Leg

17. Screening in the Chest, Breast, and Ribs

18. Screening in the Shoulder and Upper Extremity

Appendices

A. Screening Summary

B. Special Questions to Ask

C. Special Forms to Use

D. Special Tests to Perform