Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach [Hardcover]

Chad Cook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 18, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0131717669 | ISBN-13: 978-0131717664 | Edition: 1

Orthopedic Manual Therapy is an evidence based textbook designed to provide examination, treatment and reassessment measures for orthopedic clinicians. The textbook examines current manual therapy approaches, literature associated with examination and treatment techniques involving manual therapy, and evidence regarding diagnostic accuracy of clinical special tests. Each procedure is presented in a step-by-step method with a visual aide or photograph for ease of reproduction.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 624 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (August 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131717669
• ISBN-13: 978-0131717664
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By far one of the best texts on Manual Therapy in the market today, April 5, 2007

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Michael J. Bade - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach (Hardcover)

Dr. Cook's textbook provides not only an excellent learning tool for manual therapy techniques but goes one step further than most texts by providing the current evidence behind these techniques. Most importantly, this text has large sections dedicated towards assessment for each region of the body along with the associated special tests and evidence supporting these tests. This provides an important part of what most texts on the subject miss: when and why to select these manual therapy techniques for treatment.
I found his section on medical screening to be very helpful especially for clinicians who work in a direct access environment. I also found his brief review of anatomy and biomechanics of each orthopedic region very helpful. Most importantly this text is exceedingly well written and very easy to understand.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great work Dr. Cook!, June 7, 2007

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Marrow Burnette (jacksonville, fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach (Hardcover)

As a specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy, i found this book extremely refreshing. Finally, a text that offers a non-dogmatic review of manual therapy and evidenced based physical therapy. I greatly enjoyed having the a specificity and sensitivity of most ortho special tests collected in one book. Moreover, i found the manual therapy techniques easy to understand and apply in clinic. I highly recommend this book to all who aspire to succeed in the ortho physical therapy arena!
Marrow Burnette, PT, MSPT, OCS, COMT

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos to Dr. Cook's Evidence-Based Approach, February 20, 2009

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dptbulldog (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orthopedic Manual Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach (Hardcover)

I am a recent physical therapy doctoral graduate and a post-doctoral orthopedic manual resident in West Los Angels, California. Dr. Cook's book is an invaluable and indispensable evidenced-based resource for examination, treatment and reassessment. This publication is on the cutting edge of medical research and practice. It provides a revolutionary break through in the methodology and advancement of orthopedic manual therapy. The author calls for a non-dogmatic research validated approach for the standardization of orthopedic physical therapy examination and evaluation methods. Many of my own personal questions and concerns that have challenged the efficaciousness of our current practice techniques were answered by Dr. Cook's comprehensive review of the literature on orthopedic practice. Bottom line... you can throw your McGee and Dutton textbooks in the trash; along with the other tenuous myths and theories of merit that have discredited and stigmatized the therapy profession for years.