Includes bibliographical references and index.

The responsibilities of being a physiotherapist / Ralph Hammond and Ceri Sedgley -- Inter-professional education and team working / Alison Chambers ... [et al.] -- Clinical leadership and professionalism / Alison Chambers -- Pharmacology for physiotherapists / Nicholas Southorn -- Reflection / Linda Hollingworth, Sarah Dunbar, and Lindsey Dugdill -- Respiratory diseases / Stephanie Enright and Fiona Schreuder -- Adult spontaneous and conventional mechanical ventilation / Sue Pieri-Davies, Helen Carruthers, and Melanie Reardon -- Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation / Sushma Sanghivi -- Physiotherapy in cardiothoracic surgery / Anne Dyson and Kelly Youd -- Changing relationships for changing health / Sally French and John Swain -- Musculoskeletal assessment / Lynne Gaskell -- Tissue inflammation and repair / Janette Grey -- Exercise in rehabilitation / Duncan Mason -- Muscle imbalance / Alan Chamberlain, Wendy Munro and Alex Rickard -- Biomechanics / Jim Richards, Renuka Erande and Ambreen Chohan -- Sports management / Hilary Pape -- Pain / Lester Jones, Lorimer Moseley, Catherine Carus -- Acupuncture / Andrew Bannan -- Electrotherapy / Tim Watson -- Physiotherapy for people with amputation / Carolyn Hale -- Massage / Joan watt -- An introduction to fractures / Annie Karim -- Upper and lower limb joint arthroplasty / Ann Price -- Older people / Bhanu Ramaswamy and Paula McCandless -- Neurodynamics / Monika Lohkamp, Katie Small, and Lee Herrington -- Neurological physiotherapy / Christine Smith, Anita Watson, and Louise Connell -- Physiotherapy in women’s health / Gill Brook ... [et al.].