Physiotherapy for the Hip Joint

A focused, up-to-date review of physiotherapy of the hip

Dr Patitapaban Mohanty (Author), Monalisa Pattnaik (Author)

9780323936491, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 22 August 2022

192 pages
27 x 18 x 1.3 cm, 0.41 kg

Physiotherapy for the Hip Joint offers consolidated, current coverage of recent advances on various musculoskeletal hip conditions related to physiotherapy. Drs. Patitapaban Mohanty and Monalisa Pattnaik provide thorough, focused information on coxa valga, coxa vara, anteversion, retroversion, pelvic tilt, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and more. Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists, and orthopaedic surgeons will find this unique, concise title to be useful in everyday practice settings.

• Includes introductory chapters covering anatomy and biomechanics.  

• Offers comprehensive coverage of hip conditions from trauma to deformities to post-surgical rehabilitation. 

• Discusses clinical reasoning for posterior hip pain, piriformis syndrome, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, lumbar radiculopathy and meralgia paresthetica. 

• Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into a single, convenient resource. 

1. Anatomy and Biomechanics 2. Evaluation 3. Deformities:Coxa Valga, Coxa Vara, Anteversion, Retro-Version,  Anterior Pelvic Tilt, Posterior Pelvic Tilt, Infra-Pelvic Tilt, Supra-Pelvic Tilt 4. Arthritis conditions: Osteoarthritis(DJD), Rhematoid arthritis (RA) 5. Traumatic conditions : Fracture Neck of Femur, Fracture Trochanter, Fracture Pelvis, Dislocation, Avascular Necrosis of  Femoral Head, Hip Labral Tears 6. Overuse Conditions:Trochanteric Bursitis, Iiotibial Band Friction Syndrome, Muscle Strain, Osteitis Pubis 7. Surgical Conditions: Arthroplasty, Synovectomy, Arthroscopy, Arthrodesis, Osteotomy, Heterotopic Bone 8. Miscellaneous Conditions:Congenital Dislocation of Hip, Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis, Perthes Disease,Piriformis Syndrome, Peripheral Nerve Injury about Hip, Clinical Reasoning for Posterior Hip Pain, Meralgia Paresthetica

Subject Areas: Therapy & therapeutics [MMZ]