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| Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach | 
 enlarge | Author: Chad Cook
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Discount Category: Book
Buy New: $40.60
New (34) Used (17) from $39.66
Customer Ratings:  11 comments
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 624
Shipping Weight (pounds): 3.6
Dimensions (inch): 11 x 8.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0131717669
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.82
EAN: 9780131717664
Publication Date: August 18, 2006
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 Excellent book to have in your practice April 1, 2008
With the advent of evidence-based practice, this book is a very practical guide for clinicians. It integrates up to date research with the different orthopedic manual techniques mentioned. It is not afraid to cite if some manual techniques lack or have weak research supporting its effectivity. The pictures demonstrating the therapist performing the techniques are clear with specific instructions written beside it. It is actually one manual therapy book I enjoyed reading cover to cover. The only thing though is the diagram/sketch of the skeletal anatomy can stand some improvement. Also, some typographical errors need to be corrected. Both of these are quite understandable being the book is a first edition.
 Clinically relevant June 11, 2007
Unlike many of the orthopedic physical therapy textbooks out there, this book is both comprehensive and practical. Dr. Cook's textbook focuses on the clinical application of manual physical therapy. It provides a context within which a patient may be both evaluated and treated. Each chapter is heavily referenced and there are detailed descriptions and illustrations of numerous evaluation and treatment techniques. I work with physical therapy students in my clinic during their clinical internships and find this textbook to be indispensable in helping them bridge the gap from the academic setting to the real world of clinical practice.
A Comprehensive Book June 8, 2007
3 out of 3 found this comment useful.
This book is a great resource for both the novice and experienced orthopedic manual therapist. The most updated evidence is provided in a nice summary that is reader-friendly. The pictures are large and detailed with step-by-step instructions of "how to" perform various procedures and techniques. Both the spine and peripheral joints are covered. What a comprehensive manual!!
Great work Dr. Cook! June 7, 2007
3 out of 3 found this comment useful.
As a specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy, i found this book extremely refreshing. Finally, a text that offers a non-dogmatic review of manual therapy and evidenced based physical therapy. I greatly enjoyed having the a specificity and sensitivity of most ortho special tests collected in one book. Moreover, i found the manual therapy techniques easy to understand and apply in clinic. I highly recommend this book to all who aspire to succeed in the ortho physical therapy arena!
Marrow Burnette, PT, MSPT, OCS, COMT
Finally....an orthopedic manual therapy text based on the current literature! June 6, 2007
It was such a pleasant relief to review Dr. Cook's book that lists all the tests that we as physical therapists commonly use in the clinic, with the necessary evidence to support these tests. I am frequently questioned with regards to the efficacy of manual therapy by some of my referring physicians. Dr. Cook has summarized much of what we do and has based it all on the current literature to support the validity of these treatments and techniques. I have therefore suggested this book to many physical therapists and physicians, as I have found it to be an integral addition to the literature in our clinic. I have had nothing but positive feedback from all of those colleagues to whom I have recommended this book. Thank you Dr. Cook!
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