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Pediatrics for the Physical Therapist Assistant

  • 2nd Edition - October 16, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Roberta O'Shea
  • Language: English

Master the PTA’s role in treating and managing pediatric conditions! Comprehensive yet easy to understand, Pediatrics for the Physical Therapist Assistant, 2nd Edition provides the… Read more

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Description

Master the PTA’s role in treating and managing pediatric conditions! Comprehensive yet easy to understand, Pediatrics for the Physical Therapist Assistant, 2nd Edition provides the knowledge and skills you need to succeed both in the classroom and in clinical practice. The text guides you through a myriad of topics including child development, assessment tools, intervention principles, neurologic and muscular disorders, and congenital disorders such as Down Syndrome, along with other pediatric conditions including limb deficiencies and sports injuries. This edition adds six new chapters including a chapter introducing Movement Systems Analysis for pediatrics. From a team of expert contributors led by PT clinician/educator Roberta Kuchler O'Shea, this book teaches not only the lessons learned from textbooks and research but also from children and their families.

Key features

  • Consistent approach in Disorders chapters first defines the disorder and then describes the pathology, clinical signs, and assessment and intervention, followed by a case study
  • Case studies provide examples of physical therapy applications, helping you build clinical reasoning skills as you connect theory to practice
  • Format of case studies each is summarized in the WHO model format to familiarize you with the standardized terminology used in practice. Most cases include movement systems analysis to introduce the most current clinical reasoning strategies encouraged by the APTA
  • Special boxes highlight important information with features such as Clinical Signs, Intervention, and Practice Pattern
  • Learning features in each chapter include key terms, a chapter outline, learning objectives, review questions and answers, illustrations, and summary tables

Readership

Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) students

Table of contents

PART ONE Pediatric Physical Therapy Practice

1. Development

2. Assessments

3. Overview of Physical Therapy Interventions

4. Pediatric Therapy Teams

5. The Movement System

PART TWO Neurologic and Muscular Disorders

6. Cerebral Palsy

7. Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

8. Rheumatic Disorders

9. Congenital Muscular Torticollis (CMT)

10. Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)

11. Clubfoot

PART THREE Congenital Disorders

12. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)

13. Down Syndrome

14. Spina Bifida

15. Autism Spectrum Disorder

16. Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

PART FOUR Other Pediatric Conditions

17. Pediatric Burns

18. Limb Deficiencies

19. Asthma

20. Pediatric Sports Injuries

PART FIVE Special Considerations for Pediatric Practice

21. Prematurity Across the Settings

22. Seating and Wheeled Mobility

23. Orthoses for the Pediatric Patient

Appendix: Answers to Discussion Questions

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 1, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Roberta O'Shea

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, USA