Primary Care for the Physical Therapist: Examination and Triage

Specifically designed to address the expanding role of physical therapists in primary care, the second edition of Primary Care for the Physical Therapist: Examination and Triage provides the information you need to become an effective primary care provider. Acquire the communication and differential diagnosis skills, technical expertise, and clinical decision-making ability to meet the challenges of a changing profession with this unparalleled resource.

• Emphasizes communication skills vital for establishing rapport and gathering data.
• Patient interview guides identify what data to collect and how to use it.
• Overview of the physical examination lays the foundation for different diagnosis and recognition of conditions.
• A section on Special Populations equips the PT to handle common problems encountered in primary care.
• Unique approach details pharmacology and diagnostic procedures from a PT perspective for clinically relevant guidance.

• New information enhances your understanding of the foundations of practice and how to screen and examine the healthy population.
• Content is reorganized and updated to reflect the current state of PT practice.
• Companion Evolve resources website enables you to independently review techniques from the text.
• Top 10 Medical Conditions to Screen For chapter details conditions that have major significance in incidence, mortality, and morbidity all in one place.
• Separate chapters on upper and lower quarter screening and a new chapter on symptom investigation by symptom help you screen medical conditions more effectively.