Abstract
Huber FE, Wells CL. St Louis, MO 63146, Saunders, 2006, paperback (with DVD), 400 pp, illus, ISBN: 072164077X; $49.95. The authors developed this text to provide an evidence-based therapeutic exercise guide with an emphasis on treatment progression for physical therapist students. Therapeutic exercise is a challenging subject to teach professional physical therapist students, and this text attempts to address this challenge. Several therapeutic exercise texts are currently available, but this book is unique in its presentation of basic exercise concepts and its inclusion of a wide spectrum of populations and disease states. The book contains 7 chapters. Chapter 1 starts with an introduction to general concepts of therapeutic exercise. This chapter also discusses the disablement model, documentation and writing goals, and patient education. A nice feature of the second chapter, “Addressing Functional Limitations and Disability With Therapeutic Exercise,” is the analysis of basic functional movement patterns geared for the beginning student. The next 5 chapters address specific impairments commonly treated …
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