Joint Mobilization/Manipulation: Extremity and Spinal Techniques

Clear, stepbystep guidelines show how to perform Physical Therapy procedures! Joint Mobilization/Manipulation: Extremity and Spinal Techniques, 3rd Edition is your goto resource for evidencebased Interventions treating conditions of the spine and extremities. New fullcolor photos and illustrations show detail with added realism, and 192 online videos demonstrate the major techniques described in the book. Written by rehabilitation and movement sciences educator Susan Edmond, this text provides current, complete information ranging from the principles of examination and evaluation to making effective manual therapy interventions. Illustrated descriptions of joint mobilizations make procedures easy to understand and then perform. Unique focus on spine and extremities provides an allinone resource for essential information. Contraindications, precautions, and indications are included for each joint mobilization to reinforce clinical decisionmaking. Clearly labeled photos show the direction of force for each therapy technique. Evidencebased information at the beginning of each chapter provides the latest research and rationales for specific procedures. Cervical Spine chapter includes mobilization techniques such as Paris cervical gliding, Grade V (thrust), and muscle energy. Guidelines to the examination of joint play of the spine include current, evidencebased research. Coverage of osteokinematic and arthrokinematic motion, and degrees of freedom, provides perspective on the body planes. 23 NEW videos demonstrate each step of manual therapy techniques. NEW fullcolor photos and illustrations show techniques with a higher degree of clarity and realism. NEW mobilization and manipulation techniques include stepbystep videos for each. UPDATED research makes this book the most current, evidencebased text available on manual therapy of the spine and extremities.