Animal Physiotherapy : Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Animals

__Animal Physiotherapy__ is an essential reference guide for physiotherapists looking to apply the proven benefits of physiotherapy to the treatment of companion and performance animals. Animal Physiotherapy is a growing profession of physiotherapists who have broadened their expertise from the well-established human sphere to animals. The positive perception of physiotherapy in the human sphere, together with an increased awareness of options and expertise available for animals has resulted in a strong demand for physiotherapy for animals.For the physiotherapist this book provides essential applied background information on animal behaviour, nutrition, biomechanics and exercise physiology. For veterinarians and others who work with animals, the book reviews the scientific principles behind the practice of physiotherapy, and what it can achieve. * Includes reviews of different physiotherapy techniques, drawing on both human and animal literature; * Discusses approaches in small animal medicine as well as for elite equine athletes; * Includes applied evidence-based clinical reasoning model, providing case examples Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–2): Catherine McGowanChapter 2 Applied Animal Behaviour: Assessment, Pain and Aggression (pages 3–13): Daniel Mills, Suzanne Millman and Emily LevineChapter 3 Applied Animal Nutrition (pages 14–31): Linda M. Fleeman and Elizabeth OwensChapter 4 Applied Animal Biomechanics (pages 32–55): Lesley Goff and Narelle StubbsChapter 5 Comparative Exercise Physiology (pages 56–72): Catherine McGowan and Brian HampsonChapter 6 Equine and Canine Lameness (pages 73–101): Nicholas Malikides, Thomas McGowan and Matthew PeadChapter 7 Neurological and Muscular Conditions (pages 102–135): Philip A. Moses and Catherine McGowanChapter 8 Physiotherapy Assessment for Animals (pages 136–163): Lesley Goff and Tracy CrookChapter 9 Manual Therapy (pages 164–176): Lesley Goff and Gwendolen JullChapter 10 Principles of Electrotherapy in Veterinary Physiotherapy (pages 177–186): G. David Baxter and Suzanne M. McDonoughChapter 11 Hydrotherapy (pages 187–198): Michelle MonkChapter 12 Acupuncture and Trigger Points (pages 199–206): Tina SouvlisChapter 13 Canine Treatment and Rehabilitation (pages 207–237): Laurie Edge?Hughes and Helen NicholsonChapter 14 Equine Treatment and Rehabilitation (pages 238–251): Lesley Goff and Narelle Stubbs

Animal Physiotherapy is an essential reference guide for physiotherapists looking to apply the proven benefits of physiotherapy to the treatment of companion and performance animals. For veterinarians and others who work with animals, the book reviews the scientific principles behind the practice of physiotherapy, and what it can achieve. For the physiotherapist this book provides essential applied background information on animal behaviour, nutrition, biomechanics and exercise physiology.

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Reviewer:Jonathan Hale Foreman, DVM, MS(University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description:This is intended as a comprehensive reference on equine and canine physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Diagnostic sections cover behavior, nutrition, biomechanics, exercise physiology, lameness, and neurological conditions. Therapy sections include assessment, manual therapy, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, and acupuncture. The book concludes with separate sections on canine and equine treatment and rehabilitation.
Purpose:According to the senior editor, "the aim of this book is to provide physiotherapists and interested others with a broad base of information on aspects of animal physiotherapy," who notes the book "is based on the teachings in the physiotherapy programmes in Australia and the U.K.
Audience:Animal physiotherapists, veterinarians, and "others who work with animals" are the intended audience. For veterinarians and scientists who want more detail and science behind the various therapies, the book does cover the science behind animal or veterinary physiotherapy much better than earlier books limited to equine physiotherapy. The 14 chapters are written by 21 different authors.
Features:The use of a three-tiered numbering system for the book, combined with the use of bulleted points, is occasionally distracting but mainly helpful in outlining the salient points. The use of graphs and line drawings to emphasize scientific points made in the text is useful and educational. The black-and-white illustrations throughout the book are helpful. For example, numerous valuable photographs of horses being stretched manually are used to illustrate the chapters on assessment and manual therapy. The next-to-last chapter on canine physiotherapy is particularly complete and well written. The last chapter on equine treatment and physiotherapy is disappointing given the minimum of 20 years that trainers and riders of elite equine athletes have been using physiotherapy for peak performance. Other books dedicated strictly to equine physiotherapy have done a better job in this area, such as Bromiley's Equine Injury and Therapy, 3rd edition (Blackwell Publishing, 2007).
Assessment:This book is unique in that it covers both canine and equine therapy. The science and art of these therapies are common to the care of both species, so their inclusion here is elucidating and valuable. The chapter on equine therapy is disappointing, but less so when seen in the context of the entire book which relies heavily elsewhere on examples of equine therapy to illustrate the earlier chapters.

Animal Physiotherapy is an essential reference guide for physiotherapists looking to apply the proven benefits of physiotherapy to the treatment of companion and performance animals. Animal Physiotherapy is a growing profession of physiotherapists who have broadened their expertise from the well-established human sphere to animals. The positive perception of physiotherapy in the human sphere, together with an increased awareness of options and expertise available for animals has resulted in a strong demand for physiotherapy for animals. For the physiotherapist this book provides essential applied background information on animal behaviour, nutrition, biomechanics and exercise physiology. For veterinarians and others who work with animals, the book reviews the scientific principles behind the practice of physiotherapy, and what it can achieve. Includes reviews of different physiotherapy techniques, drawing on both human and animal literature; Discusses approaches in small animal medicine as well as for elite equine athletes; Includes applied evidence-based clinical reasoning model, providing case examples Animal Physiotherapy is an invaluable resource for physiotherapists committed to working with both companion and performance animals.