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This text provides a cased-based approach to clinical exercises practice for students and therapists delivering exercise as therapy. The text is divided into two sections: Section One is a review of current scientific literature supporting the use of exercise as therapy in clinical and specialised populations. Section Two is a series of case studies in clinical exercise practice highlighting the current challenges and complexities of clinical practice - including ethical problems facing clinical exercise practitioners as well as the physiological effects of therapeutic exercise concurrent with illness or injury. Key features: Cased-based approach focusing on clinical exercise; Multiple case studies comprehensively worked through with summary boxes and discussion questions; Case studies are presented in familiar clinical note-taking format (SOAP: subjective, objective, assessment, plan) where appropriate. Appendices include diagnostic criteria for clinical conditions, guidelines for clinical management, and contraindications for exercise in clinical populations.Product Identifiers
PublisherElsevier Australia
ISBN-139780729539418
eBay Product ID (ePID)97174691
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Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Subject AreaPhysical Therapy
Publication NameClinical Exercise: a Case-Based Approach
AuthorMelainie Cameron, Dennis Hemphill, Steve Selig
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Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
Title_AuthorMelainie Cameron, Steve Selig, Dennis Hemphill