Fundamentals of Orthopedic Physiotherapy: A Simplified Approach, Rationale and Rehabilitation

This book reflects the need for an integral approach to physiotherapy. It is a book that can be used as a reference by physiotherapy undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, academicians, and clinical physiotherapists. The book aims at developing clinical reasoning and problem-solving approaches in treating various orthopedic conditions as well as providing a theoretical base. This book also seeks to teach the fundamental approach to physiotherapy practice so that the diagnosis and physiotherapy treatment are merged into an established pattern. It elaborates the detailed information of all the possible musculoskeletal conditions with their pathophysiology, symptoms, epidemiology, assessment, and diagnosis, along with their surgical and nonsurgical management based on current rationale. This book includes the most accepted established exercise protocol, which is an important way to provide evidence-based practice.

Key features

• Fundamentals of Orthopedic Physiotherapy: A Simplified Approach, Rationale and Rehabilitation is a classical textbook on orthopedic physiotherapy and rehabilitation that is drafted to satisfy the quest for knowledge on clinical orthopedic conditions.
• The second edition of the book has been organised based on the physiotherapy course curricula for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The comprehensive overview of the musculoskeletal condition, as well as its assessment, investigations, medical/surgical treatment, conservative or postoperative physiotherapy, and rehabilitation, has been developed in accordance with recent advancements in clinical orthopedic physiotherapy.
• In addition to being a valuable academic tool for students during exams, this book can also serve as a valuable reference for clinical physiotherapists. Numerous illustrations, flowcharts, and pictorial presentations have been utilized to help the reader comprehend the concepts effectively. Additionally, the simple language employed makes this otherwise complex topic accessible even to inexperienced readers.