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Libros en Profesiones de la Salud

  • The Knee

    Pain Medicine: A Case-Based Learning Series
    • 1 Edición
    • Steven D. Waldman
    • Inglés
    Linking theory to practice through the use of authentic clinical cases, Dr. Steven D. Waldman’s Pain Medicine: A Case-Based Learning Series helps readers acquire the valuable skill of effective diagnostic thinking in daily practice. The Knee volume uses an in-depth case format, preparing you to correctly analyze clinical vignettes and formulate a clinically sound, evidence-based approach to realistic patient scenarios. This highly effective leaning and assessment tool provides practical clinical insights into the best methods for diagnosis and treatment for the successful management of patients with knee-related pain.
  • Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant

    • 5 Edición
    • Robert C. Manske
    • Inglés
    Master the PTA’s role in orthopedic care — from the examination to treatment planning and interventions! Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant, 5th Edition helps you understand and apply the principles of orthopedic science to clinical practice. First you will learn the basics of assessing flexibility, strength, endurance, and balance, and then you’ll become a more valuable PTA by learning the essentials of tissue healing, gait and movement, kinesiology, and the management of orthopedic patients by region and condition. This edition reflects the latest, evidence-based practice and adds updates to the Evolve website. Written by clinician and educator Robert Manske, along with a team of expert contributors, this book describes how to work effectively with a supervising physical therapist!
  • Rehabilitation Research

    • 6 Edición
    • Catherine H. Balthazar + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Discover how to use evidence to improve your practice! Providing thorough, contemporary coverage of the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications, 6th Edition helps you learn to analyze and apply research to practice. It examines traditional experimental designs, as well as nonexperimental and emerging approaches, including qualitative research, single-system designs, epidemiology, and outcomes research. Ideal for students and practitioners in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology, this user-friendly resource emphasizes evidence-based practice and your development as a true scientist-practition...
  • Clinical Herbalism

    Plant Wisdom from East and West
    • 1 Edición
    • Rachel Lord
    • Inglés
    The only textbook of its kind, Clinical Herbalism: Plant Wisdom from East and West is an ideal resource for anyone interested in herbal therapy. With comprehensive, clearly written coverage of Western and Chinese herbs for each body system, this brand-new text offers case histories, along with easy-to-understand instructions for preparing tinctures, percolations, dual extractions, and much more.
  • Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics

    • 4 Edición
    • Paula J. Woodward
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Obstetrics & Gynecology**Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Obstetrics, fourth edition, is an invaluable resource for radiologists, perinatologists, and trainees—anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today’s obstetric imaging. Dr. Paula J. Woodward and a team of highly regarded experts provide up-to-date information on recent advances in technology and the understanding of fetal development and disease processes to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference for daily practice.
  • Manual de fitoterapia

    • 3 Edición
    • Encarna Castillo García + 1 más
    • Español
    Este exhaustivo tratado de fitoterapia describe las características botánicas de las plantas, así como la actividad farmacológica, indicaciones, dosis, y seguridad de las mismas, haciendo hincapié en las contraindicaciones y los efectos adversos. La tercera edición del Manual de Fitoterapia constituye un compendio para la utilización de remedios naturales, principalmente plantas medicinales, de forma racional y basada en el conocimiento. Presenta la fitoterapia y su relación con las diferentes partes del cuerpo y sus dolencias, el protocolo de actuación, así como los nombres científicos y vulgares de cada una de las plantas. Además de la revisión y la actualización del contenido, esta tercera edición incluye dos capítulos nuevos: «Fitoterapia para la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal» y «Fitoterapia para las patologías oculares». Escrita por especialistas conocedores de todas las áreas relacionadas con las plantas medicinales (botánica, farmacología, fitoquímica, fitoterapia e industria farmacéutica), se dirige tanto a profesionales de la medicina, la farmacia y la enfermería como a los docentes y estudiantes universitarios de estas disciplinas, así como también al gran público que esté interesado en la materia.
  • Cavus Foot Deformity, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 38-3
    • H. John Visser
    • Inglés
    Guest edited by Dr. H. John Visser, this issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery will cover several key areas of interest related to Cavus Foot Deformity. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Thomas Chang. Articles in this issue include but are not limited to: Radiographic Evaluation and Classification of Pes Cavus Foot and Ankle Deformity,Neurologic... Conditions Associated with Cavus Foot Deformity,Hallux and Lesser Digits Deformities Associated with Cavus Foot, The Subtle Cavovarus Foot Deformity: The Non-neurologic form of Cavus Foot Deformity, Use of Calcaneal Osteotomies in the Correction of Infra-Malleolar Cavovarus Deformity, Midfoot Osteotomies involving the Cavus Deformity, Principles of Triple and Limited Arthrodesis in the Cavus Foot, Tendon Transfer and It’s Role in Cavus Foot Deformity, The Cavovarus Ankle: Approaches to Instability and Inframalleolar Deformity, Ankle and Pantalar Arthrodesis: End-Stage Salvage in Cavus Foot, and Total Ankle Replacement in the Varus and Cavus Foot, among others.
  • Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology

    • 5 Edición
    • Richard M. Gore + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Ideal for both trainees and experienced practitioners, Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology, 5th Edition, provides detailed, concise, well-illustrated information on all aspects of GI imaging—now in a single volume for convenient point-of-care reference. Drs. Richard M. Gore and Marc S. Levine lead a team of world-renowned experts to provide unparalleled coverage of all major gastrointestinal disorders as well as the complete scope of abdominal imaging modalities. Every chapter has been thoroughly updated, and new authors provide fresh perspectives on complex imaging topics.
  • Vías anatómicas. Meridianos miofasciales para terapeutas manuales y profesionales del movimiento

    • 4 Edición
    • Thomas W. Myers
    • Español
    Basándose en el mapa de meridianos, este libro presenta estrategias nuevas y holísticas para los terapeutas manuales y del movimiento dirigidas a restablecer y mejorar la postura y la función del movimiento. La nueva sección sobre vías anatómicas en movimiento, de la autora invitada Karin Gurtner, utiliza el movimiento basado en pilates para explorar la fuerza y la elasticidad a lo largo de los meridianos miofasciales. El contenido revisado y ampliado recoge las investigaciones más atuales y la evidencia más reciente para establecer unas bases científicas de los hallazgos clínicos frecuentes. Las nuevas fotografías e ilustraciones de los tejidos, las adhesiones y las capas faciales permiten comprender mejor el contenido del texto. Obra dirigida a todo profesional relacionado con las estructuras y el movimiento del ser humano: fisioterapeutas, entrenadores deportivos y personales, médicos rehabilitadores, osteópatas, quiroprácticos, terapeutas manuales, instructores de yoga y pilates, masajistas tearapéuticos, profesores de baile y de movimiento, acupuntores y otros terapeutas. La versión electrónica incluye una videoteca nueva y ampliada, con animaciones y seminarios web del autor (contenidos en inglés).
  • The Practice of Chinese Medicine

    The Treatment of Diseases with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs
    • 3 Edición
    • Giovanni Maciocia + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Use Traditional Chinese Medicine in diagnosing and treating disease! Maciocia’s The Practice of Chinese Medicine, 3rd Edition describes how to apply TCM theory to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders and conditions frequently encountered in practice. Covering common, chronic, and acute conditions, Maciocia’s provides guidelines to treatment with both acupuncture and Chinese herbs. Case studies offer real-world insights into determining effective treatment care. From an expert team of editors who were close to the late Giovanni Maciocia and who practice "the Maciocia way," this practical, illustrated text makes it easier to apply TCM in Western medical practice.