Physical Therapy Assessment in Vet Medicine XX
03 Apr 2012
Often the most important part of successful rehab is the assessment and diagnosis made by the rehab therapist. The assessment techniques, novel deductive reasoning skills, and examination of overall function are what physical therapy and physical therapists are bringing to the veterinary field. • Veterinary medicine tends to rely on what can be called a ‘patho-anatomical’ diagnosis, whereas physical therapy and human medicine to a certain extent look at what can be termed a ‘patho-functional’ assessment. Differences will be elucidated.• Weak muscles, short muscles, tight muscles, overactive muscles, joint restrictions (articular movement dysfunctions), peripheral nerve impairments, and/or pain can impact the FUNCTION of a patient.• Joint-play, end-feels, myotomes, dermatomes, resisted tests, and special tests... and how they impact your physical examination and ultimate diagnosis. (Scroll upwards after pressing ’play’ to actually watch the video!)
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Canine Sacroiliac: Hip and SI Disease
27 Mar 2012
L Edge-Hughes. Canine Hip and Sacroiliac Disease: Selected Disorders and their Management with Physical Therapy. Clin Tech Sm Anim Pract 22:183-194, 2007.
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Miscellaneous: Canine Cognitive Dysfunction & Dementia
27 Mar 2012
Canine dementia can go by the synonyms of senility, senile dementia, senile cerebral dysfunction, cognitive impairment or cognitive dysfunction. Research is coming closer to understanding the reasons for this disease occurrence. Use of nutrition and supplementation has been shown to be effective in both the prevention and treatment of this disease of aging. As well, physical therapy techniques that are currently applied to the human Alzheimer’s disease patient may have a role to play in the treatment or prevention of this very similar disease process in the canine.
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Outcome Measures & Forms: Modified Visual Analog Pain Scale Guidelines
27 Mar 2012
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Outcome Measures & Forms: Quality of Life
27 Mar 2012
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Evidence Based Physiotherapy
26 Mar 2012
Presented at the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Convention, Calgary, Alberta, July 2010
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Physical Therapy, Physiotherapists and Animal Rehabilitation
26 Mar 2012
The field of animal health care is changing rapidly. This phenomenon is partly due to the knowledge transfer from the human health care field to the veterinary field, but also to the fact that animal owners are expecting and demanding more alternative health care options and a wider range of services for their pets.
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Rehabilitation Pyramid
26 Mar 2012
Rehabilitation pyramid (from Hertel, Deneger: A rehabilitation paradigm for restoring neuromuscular control following injury. Athl Ther Today, 3: 12 – 16; 1998)
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Survey of the Practice of Animal Physiotherapy Internationally
26 Mar 2012
Presented as an oral abstract at the 2008 Congress of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa, Ontario
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What You Should Know Before You Buy A Therapeutic Laser
26 Mar 2012
Hold onto your sunglasses! You’ve seen them in the exhibit hall at the conferences, you’ve heard about them in the lectures, you’re seeing them advertised in magazines, and maybe your colleagues are extolling their virtues.
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WHY NOT PHYSIO?
26 Mar 2012
The animal industry has always been closely akin to the human field of medicine in many aspects. Surgical and diagnostic procedures, techniques, and equipment developed for humans are swift to appear in veterinary practice shortly there after.
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The Neurological Assessment
16 Feb 2012
Learn or review how to conduct a basic neurologic assessment on a dog. Reflexes, postural reactions, basic neuro-anatomy, and critical thinking in regards to neurologic cases are discussed. (Scroll upwards after pressing ’play’ to actually watch the video!)
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