LibGuides: Physical Therapy: Books & E-Books

Books at Southworth Library

We strive to provide electronic access to as many full-length texts as possible at SLLC. A search in ROOsearch will bring you to these. There are thousands of Physical Therapy e-books available through our catalog.

We also have many Print Books (books you must check out from the library's Circulation Desk) that are available to you through ROOsearch. You may also go up to the library's second floor and browse the book stacks in the R (Medicine) and RM (Physical Medicine/Physical Therapy) sections. Books in this section will have subjects that discuss various topics relating to health and physical therapy.

E-Books

Physical Therapy by James P. Bennett
ISBN: 9781611224184
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Physical therapy is a health profession that assesses and provides treatment to individuals to develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and function throughout life. This includes providing treatment in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by ageing, injury, disease or environmental factors.
Physical Therapy Clinical Handbook for Ptas by Kathy Cikulin-Kulinski
ISBN: 9781284105568
Publication Date: 2017-02-23
Physical Therapy Clinical Handbook for PTAs, Third Edition is a concise clinical guide designed specifically to help physical therapist assistant students and practitioners easily obtain helpful evidence-based information.
Clinical Physical Therapy by Toshiaki Suzuki
ISBN: 9789535131113
Publication Date: 05-31-2017
This book consists of 11 chapters written by several professionals from different parts of the world. It includes different kinds of chapters for clinical physical therapy with precious points for physical therapy, physical therapy for cancer, chronic venous disease, mental health, and other topics.
Physical Activity in the Elderly and Orthopaedic Surgery by Chiara Fossati et al.
ISBN: 9783039438952
Publication Date: 2022
Old age is increasingly becoming the focus of research and development in Europe. Concerning orthopaedics and sports medicine, the elderly especially are considered as frail patients who need support to maintain the health of their musculoskeletal systems. For this reason, several interventions regarding physical activity have been investigated in recent years in order to understand whether some programs of physical activity are better than others as conservative treatments for degenerative musculoskeletal pathologies
Therapeutic Physical Activities for People with Disability by Li Li; Shuqi Zhang
ISBN: 9781634822190
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
In this book, experts from all over the world present evidence for therapeutic physical activities illustrated by different cases.
Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant by Robert C. Manske
ISBN: 9780323113472
Publication Date: 2015-06-15
Designed to meet the unique needs of physical therapist assistants, Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant, 3rd Edition focuses on critical thinking and helps you apply fundamental orthopedic principles in physical therapy interventions.