Neuromuscular Essentials: Applying the Preferred Physical Therapist Practice Patterns

Neuromuscular Essentials: Applying the Preferred Physical Therapist Practice Patterns.SM Moffat M, Bohmert JA, Hulme JB, eds. Thorofare, NJ, Slack Publishing Ine, 2008, softcover, 400 pp, $58.95.

The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice (Guide) provides the roadmap for effective and comprehensive patient/client management. This text, Neuromuscular Essentials: Applying the Prefened Physical Therapist Practice Patterns,SM builds on the Guide by using the framework for patient/client management to illustrate how each of the practice patterns may present in clinical practice. This text is the most recent addition to the Physical Therapy Essentials series.

There are 9 chapters, each representing one of the practice patterns in the neuromuscular system. Within each chapter, the scientific literature is used to identify the anatomy/physiology, pathophysiology, imaging,...