Tidy's Physiotherapy

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Stuart B. Porter
Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008 - Medical - 649 pages
The essential book to refer to, whether you're just starting out or about to go on placement or need to look up something for an assessment, the 14th edition of Tidy's Physiotherapy is up-to-date and ready to meet the needs of today's physiotherapy student. Chapters are written by specialists who have come from a wide range of clinical and academic backgrounds. Each chapter encourages you to problem solve and provides case studies to give the opportunity to consolidate learning and to give you confidence when you need to apply what you have learned. For the first time, a DVD ROM is included which contains sections on musculoskeletal tests, massage and exercise, and graphics which can be used for revision, presentations and even teaching.
 

Contents

The responsibilities of being
1
Ralph Hammond and Julie Dawn Wheeler
44
Lynne Gaskell
70
Annie Karim and the Executive Committee of the Association
93
Sally Dean
113
Biomechanics
181
Kirsty Carne
200
Anne Dyson
222
Massage
394
Exercise in rehabilitation
422
Duncan Mason
480
Tim Watson
492
Lester Jones and G Lorimer Moseley
504
John Goodacre and Chandini
534
Changing relationships
564
Sally French and John Swain
592

Management of respiratory diseases
250
Adult spontaneous and conventional
282
The physiotherapy management
350
Neurological physiotherapy
368
Ann Birch and Ann Price
604
Index
620
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Dr Porter has been teaching since 1996 within Higher Education. His passion is undergraduate education and supporting students. He was winner of the first University award for teaching excellence in 2009. In 2015 and 2016 he was nominated by his students for two University teaching awards - best teacher and best post graduate supervisor. Dr Porter lectures mainly on the full time Physiotherapy undergraduate degree programme. He has written nine books with Elsevier publishers that are now translated into eleven languages. His PhD was in Rheumatology from the University of Central Lancashire. His thesis studied the sero negative rheumatological disease Ankylosing Spondylitis. He is a PhD examiner, expert witness and member of the medico legal association of chartered physiotherapists. He is external examiner for the University of Liverpool's MSC PGDip in Veterinary Physiotherapy and has held external examiner positions at the Universities of East London, Liverpool and Bradford. He is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to working within education, he was a Chartered Physiotherapist within the NHS for 15 years at hospitals achieving Senior I grade. He was also the Physiotherapist to the England Women's football team for three years. this memorable experience allowed him to represent England working with talented individuals both at home and during tours of countries including France, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. During the summer months he lectures at Corpus Christi College Cambridge where he is Medical Director of studies to medical students at Corpus Christi College.

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