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Editorial Board
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Foreword
The art and science of rehabilitating our canine companions has undergone explosive transformation over the last decade, providing not only new therapies but also new ways of thinking about injury and...
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Jason V. Fusco
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145
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Techniques for Objective Outcome Assessment
Companion animal rehabilitation, a collaborative practice of physical therapy and veterinary medicine, can only demonstrate the effectiveness of its theories, techniques, interventions, and modalities...
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Amie Lamoreaux Hesbach
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146-154
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Therapeutic Exercise
Therapeutic exercise is a key component of any rehabilitation program and should be included as part of the concurrent care of any patient whether that patient has two or four legs. Physical therapist...
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Debbie Gross Saunders
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155-159
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Select Modalities
Physical rehabilitation modalities such as therapeutic ultrasound (TU), transcutaneous electrical neuromuscular stimulation (TENS), neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), cold or low-level laser...
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Debra A. Canapp
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160-165
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Rehabilitation in the First 48 hours after Surgery
Physical therapy is commonly used postoperatively in humans to decrease pain, inflammation and recovery time. The same goals can be achieved in our veterinary patients using similar modalities such as...
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Renee Shumway
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166-170
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The Canine Shoulder: Selected Disorders and Their Management with Physical Therapy
The shoulder joint is the most mobile of all main limb joints. While its primary motion is in a sagittal plane, the shoulder has a significant amount of abduction and adduction, and internal and exter...
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Denis J. Marcellin-Little,
David Levine,
Sherman O. Canapp
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171-182
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Hip and Sacroiliac Disease: Selected Disorders and Their Management with Physical Therapy
Many problems in the hip area show movement dysfunctions of the hip joint in combination with the lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint, neurodynamic structures, and the muscular systems. Muscle strain injur...
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Laurie Edge-Hughes
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183-194
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The Canine Stifle
Cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injury is a leading cause of lameness in dogs. Recent advances in diagnostic visualization and surgical treatments for CCL injury have stimulated an increased emphasis ...
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Sherman O. Canapp
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195-205
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