**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 digital version 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.
SECTION 1 Foundations 1 Primary Care and Physical Therapist Practice: Now and Beyond 2 Evidence-Based Examination of Diagnostic Information and Outcome Measures 3 Primary Care: The Health and Wellness Perspectives 4 Diet and Nutrition in Primary Care 5 The Patient Interview: The Science Behind the Art of Skillful Communication SECTION 2 Examination/Triage 6 Symptom Investigation: Part I-Chief Complaint by Body Region 7 Symptom Investigation: Part II-Chief Complaint by Symptom 8 Symptom Investigation: Part III-History of Trauma 9 Patient Health History Including Identification of Health Risk Factors 10 Review of Systems 11 Patient Interview: The Physical Examination Begins 12 Systems Review: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems 13 Upper Quarter Screening Examination 14 Lower Quarter Screening Examination 15 Diagnostic Imaging 16 Laboratory Tests and Values 17 Electrodiagnostic Testing Including Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography and Physical Therapist Practice SECTION 3 Life Cycle/Special Populations 18 The Pediatric Population 19 The Adolescent Population 20 The Obstetric Population 21 The Geriatric Population SECTION 4 Wrap-Up 22 “Do-Not-Want-to-Miss” List of Nine Conditions
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