내용:Canine Rehavilitation & Physical Therapy provides comprehensive coverage of physical therapy techniques and intervention for dogs.It is the only book of its kind to bridge the gap
between veterinary medicine programs and human medicine programs-applying the principles
of physical therapy to the evaluation and treatment of animals.

Contents
Section 1.Introduction to physical therapy
1.History of canine rehabilitation
2.Regulatory and practice issues for the veterinary and physical therapy professions
3.Conceptual overview of physical therapy,veterinary medicine,and canine physical rehavilitation

Section 2.Basic concepts of veterinary medicine
4.Canine behavior
5.Canine anatomy
6.Wound healing:Tendons ligaments,bone muscules,and cartilage
7.Responses of musculoskeletal tissues to disuse and remobilization
8.Exercise physiology
9.The role of chondroprotectants and nutraceuticals in rehabilitation

Section 3.Patient assessment
10.Orthopeidc and neurologic evaluation
11.Gait analysis
12.Assessing and measuring outcomes

Section 4.Therapeutic modalities
13.Range-of-motion and stretching exercises
14.Therpeutic exercises
15.Aquatic therapy
16.Superficial thermal modalities
17.Electrical stimulation
18.Message
19.Therpeutic ultrasound
20.Accupucture

Section 5.Physical therapy for specific diagnoses
21.Common orthopedic conditions and their physical rehavilitation
22.Neurologic conditions physical rehavilitation of the neurologic patient
23.Physical rehavilitation for the critically injured veterinary patient
24.Physical rehavilitation for the geriatric and athritic patient
25.Putting it all togather:Priciples of protocol development
26.Development of a canine rehavilitation facility

Appendix 1:Joint motion and ranges
Appendix 2:Comparative myology of the dog
Appendix 3:Main rigament attachments and fuctions
Appendix 4:Sample protocols