This outstanding clinical text serves well as an educative tool for both students and practitioners. Coverage includes the scientific foundations of aquatic rehabilitation, applications to specific patient populations, varied approaches to aquatic rehabilitation, and facility design and risk management. Over 200 line drawings and black and white photographs explain and enhance the text. Features include current information on orthopaedic and neurologic rehabilitation with pediatric and geriatric considerations. Divided into four sections, this text covers the dynamics of water; physiologic effects of water on the body and human performance; uniqueness of the aquatic environment; rationale for specific patient problems; schools of aquatic physical therapy philosophy; transition of patients from aquatic to terrestrial environment; and assistive devices.
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