Principles of the Maitland Concept of NMSK Physiotherapy

An excellent resource for physiotherapists at all levels of training and experience, Principles of the Maitland Concept of NMSK Physiotherapy: Assessment and Management of Neuromusculoskeletal Movement Functions, 9th Edition, Volume 1, provides the clinical background needed for optimal assessment, clinical reasoning, and treatment of patients with NMSK disorders/movement functions.

This thoroughly revised edition of the standard works of G.

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Maitland is edited, written, and designed for today’s clinicians and students, both as a key reference for practice and as a helpful textbook when on placements and when revising for practical exams.

Contemporary viewpoints and a resource-oriented focus towards manual therapy (OMPT) practice ensure that readers are fully up to date with all that is current in the field.

Companion volume also available: Clinical Application of the Maitland Concept of NMSK Physiotherapy: Assessment and Management of Neuromusculoskeletal Movement Functions, 6th Edition, Volume 2 (ISBN: 9780702075728)

• Provides clinical examples, an update of relevant scientific literature, and current coverage of NMSK-Physiotherapy/Manual Therapy/OMPT practice within a bio-psycho-social paradigm
• Contains case studies that are particularly useful for self-assessment and practising clinical reasoning skills
• Emphasizes the role of the therapeutic alliance and communication in overall clinical practice, placing the individual experience of patients in the center of attention
• Contains extensive chapters on communication, assessment, and management that are designed to serve both beginning and advanced clinicians as a reference for clinical practice
• Discusses various treatment approaches such as patient education, self-management, neurodynamics, dynamic movement control, aspects of self-awareness practices, and mindfulness; the selection and progression of treatment with passive movements; and contemporary perspectives on the physiotherapeutic management of pain
• Addresses the discussion about “hands on–hands off” treatment from broader perspectives on manual therapy and body concepts
• Offers personal accounts of living well with persistent pain from the perspective of both an occupational therapist and a patient advocate
• Shares the knowledge and expertise of editors Elly Hengeveld and Gertrude Bucher-Dollenz, who have been trained by G.

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  Maitland and have many years of clinical experience as a physiotherapist and teacher in postgraduate manual therapy (OMPT practice), as well as a team of expert ontributing authors, many of whom are new to this edition