Essentials of Orthopaedics & Applied Physiotherapy

Description

Orthopaedic Physiotherapy is one of the major specialities of the art and science of physiotherapy. It plays a vital role in the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped. This book discusses the essentials of orthopaedics and applied physiotherapy with an interspeciality therapeutic approach. There are large mumber of books on orthopaedics and physiotherapy, but all deal with these subjects as separate entities. No book provides overall picture of total therapeutic of total therapeutic management. An effort has been made to fill this gap. The book is mainly targeted for the students of physiotherapy and practicing physiotherapists, but it would also be useful for orthopaedic surgeons and people engaged in the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped.

Key Features

• Chapters are rearranged into well-defined sections as per syllabus.
• Newer surgical concepts as well as physiotherapy techniques have been added within the chapters.
• The references have been updated
• Week-wise rehabilitation protocols for common post-surgical conditions included.
• Conditions and physiotherapy procedures.

Table of Contents

1. Section I: Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy
   1. Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy
   2. The Bones and Joints
   3. Inflammation, Soft-Tissue Injuries and Musculoskeletal Disorders
   4. Prevention of Fractures
2. Section II: Fractures and Dislocation
   1. Fractures (General Principles)
   2. Injuries Around the Shoulder
   3. Injuries of the Arm
   4. Injuries of the Elbow
   5. Injuries of the Forearm
   6. Injuries of the Wrist
   7. Injuries of the Hand
   8. Injuries of the Spine
   9. Injuries of the Pelvis and Chest
   10. Injuries of the Hip
   11. Injuries of the Thigh
   12. Injuries of the Knee
   13. Injuries of the Leg
   14. Injuries of the Ankle and Foot
   15. Emergency Management of a Polytrauma Patient
3. Section III: Regional Conditions
   1. Locomotion and Gait
   2. Regional Orthopaedic Soft-Tissue Lesions of the Shoulder, Elbow, Forearm and Wrist
   3. Hand
   4. Spine
   5. Regional Orthopaedic Conditions at theHip
   6. Regional Orthopaedic Conditions at the Knee
   7. Regional Orthopaedic Conditions at the Ankle and Foot
4. Section IV: Deformity
   1. Deformity
   2. Poliomyelitis
   3. Infections of the Bones and Joints
   4. Metabolic Bone Diseases
   5. Bone Tumours
   6. Lesions of the Brachial Plexus
   7. Peripheral Nerve Injuries
   8. Arthritides
   9. Arthrodesis, Arthroplasty and Osteotomy
5. Section V: Pediatric and Geriatrics Conditions
   1. Common Paediatric and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Disorders and Fractures
   2. Geriatric: Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy
6. Section VI: Miscellaneous Disorders
   1. Amputations
   2. Sports Medicine
   3. Yoga and Physiotherapy

Author Biography

Prakash Kotwal attained his MS (Orthopaedics) from M G M. Medical College, Indore, India in 1977 and joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. After serving in the department of Orthopaedics at AIIMS in various positions, he is presently working as Professor and Head of the department. He is recipient of WHO Fellowship, Indo-German Fellowship and IOA Travelling Fellowship. He has been a visiting Professor in Orthopaedics to the B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal in 2001. He has authored two text books, published over 100 scientific articles in national and international journals and has contributed more than 26 chapters in various text books.