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Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy: A Guide to Practice, ed 4
Irwin S, Tecklin JS, eds. St Louis, MO 63146, Mosby Inc, 2004, hardcover, 491 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-323-01840-8, $74.95.
This text was primarily written for use in professional physical therapist curricula and for the clinician who may be inexperienced in cardiopulmonary care. The editors' intent is to provide the basic science and medical science information, related to the cardiovascular and pulmonary areas, that is necessary to perform physical therapist examinations, evaluations, and interventions. The fourth edition of this text differs substantially from previous editions because the editors have focused the section titled "Physical Therapy" on all 8 cardiovascular/pulmonary Preferred Physical Therapist Practice Patterns^sup SM^ in the second edition of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice (Guide).
The text is divided into 3 major sections: "Basic Sciences," "Medical Sciences," and "Physical Therapy." The "Basic Sciences" section includes 4 chapters: "Cardiovascular Structure and Function," "Respiratory Physiology: Structure, Function, and Integrative Responses to Intervention With Special Emphasis on the Ventilatory Pump," "Normal and Abnormal Cardiopulmonary Responses to Exercise," and "Cardiopulmonary Changes With Aging." This section contains illustrations and anatomical photographs that help readers determine the spatial orientation of the cardiovascular and pulmonary anatomy. The authors go into detail regarding...