Main description:

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, and the colour format is greatly improved. More clinical photographs have been added in the text for better understanding of orthopaedic conditions, and new surgical photographs have been included where needed, which is an additional bonus for physiotherapy students, for they seldom get a chance to witness live surgeries in their career. Gaining an insight into the operative pictures with help them understand the treatment of orthopaedic conditions better, and this will make them better physiotherapists.

Many new X-rays have been added to enhance and enrich their clinical knowledge.
Plenty of orthopaedic techniques, like reduction of a fracture or a dislocation, have been shown to improve understanding of the treatment of common orthopaedic conditions.
All the attractive features of the previous edition, like short summaries, mnemonics, and anecdotes, have been retained, as these were very popular with the physiotherapy fraternity.

Contents:

Section One: General Principles of Physiotherapy Treatment

1. General Principles of Physiotherapy

2. Role of Physical Agents in Physiotherapy

3. Massage

4. Hydrotherapy

5. Suspension

6. Therapeutic Exercises

7. Ambulation After a Lower Limb Fracture

8. Wheelchairs

Section Two: General Principles of Fractures and Dislocations

9. Know Your Skeletal System

10. General Principles of Fractures, Dislocations and their Treatment

11. Open Fractures

12. Fracture Treatment Methods: Then, Now and Future

13. Fracture Healing

14. Complications of Fracture

15. Soft Tissue Injuries

16. First Aid and Emergency Care of the Injured

Section Three: Traumatology

17. Fracture Clavicle and Injuries of Acromioclavicular Joints

18. Injuries Around the Shoulder

19. Injuries of the Upper Arm

20. Injuries of the Elbow

21. Injuries of the Forearm

22. Injuries of the Wrist

23. Injuries of the Hand

24. Injuries Around the Hip

25. Fracture Femur

26. Proximal Tibial Fracture

27. Injuries of the Knee Joints

28. Injuries of Ankle

29. Injuries of the Foot

Section Four: Axial Skeleton Injuries

30. Fracture of Pelvis

31. Injuries of Spine

Section Five: Regional Orthopedics

32. General Principles of the Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders

33. Regional Conditions of Neck

34. Regional Conditions of the Upper Limbs

35. Hand Disorders

36. Regional Conditions of the Lower Limbs

37. Regional Conditions of Spine

Section Six: Backache

38. Low Backache

Section Seven: General Orthopedics

39. Congenital Disorders

40. Developmental Disorders

41. Metabolic Bone Disorders

42. Osteomyelitis

43. Skeletal Tuberculosis

44. Disorders of Joints

45. Rheumatic Diseases

46. Osteoarthritis

47. Neuromuscular Disorders

48. Bone Neoplasias

Section Eight: Sports Medicine

49. Sports Medicine and Sports Injuries

Section Nine: Miscellaneous

50. Human Gait

51. Amputations

52. Prosthetics

53. Orthotics

54. Peripheral Nerve Injuries

55. Wholistic Orthopedics

Index