Differential diagnosis for physical therapists : screening for referral - Goodman, Catherine Cavallaro; Snyder, Teresa E. Kelly (St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, 2007)
Introduction to the screening process. Introduction to screening for referral in physical therapy -- Introduction to the interviewing process -- Pain types and viscerogenic pain patterns -- Physical assessment as a screening tool -- Viscerogenic causes of neuromusculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. Screening for hematologic disease -- Screening for cardiovascular disease -- Screening for pulmonary disease -- Screening for gastrointestinal disease -- Screening for hepatic and biliary disease -- Screening for urogenital disease -- Screening for endocrine and metabolic disease -- Screening for immunologic disease -- Screening for cancer -- Systemic origins of neuromuscular or musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. Screening the head, neck, and back -- Screening the sacrum, sacroiliac, and pelvis -- Screening the lower quadrant : buttock, hip, groin, thigh, and leg -- Screening the chest, breasts, and ribs -- Screening the shoulder and upper extremity
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Keywords: Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostics differentiels; diagnostik; Fysische chemie; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical therapy; Physiotherapie; Diagnosis, Differential