Physical Therapy: Reference Sources

Reference materials can be used to find background and general information on specific aspects of physical therapy.

Online Encyclopedias

Other Sources: Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Dictionaries, and Guides

Exam Review Materials/Study Guides

Online Encyclopedias
(available through the Gale Virtual Reference Center)

Other Sources: Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Dictionaries, and Guides

Differential diagnosis for physical therapists : screening for referral / Catherine Cavallaro Goodman, Teresa E. Kelly Snyder. Call Number: RM701 .G66 2007

The encyclopedia of sports medicine / Elizabeth Oakes ; foreword by Connie Lebrun. Call Number: RC1206 .O355 2005

Handbook of pediatric physical therapy / Toby M. Long, Kathy Toscano. Call Number: RJ53.P5 L66 2002

Handbook of physical medicine and rehabilitation : the basics / edited by Susan J. Garrison. Call Number: RM700 .H15 2003

Health care professional inventory preface / [Health Care Data Governing Board]. Call Number: R15 .R383 1996 (located in Reference)

Kirby’s guide to fitness and motor performance tests / [compiled and] edited by Ronald F. Kirky. Call Number: QP301 .K55 1991 (located in Reference)

Oxford handbook of rehabilitation medicine / Michael P. Barnes and Anthony B. Ward. Call Number: RM930 .B37 2005

Physical rehabilitation / [edited by] Susan B. O’Sullivan, Thomas J. Schmitz. Call Number: RM700 .O88 2007

Physical rehabilitation : evidence-based examination, evaluation, and intervention / Michelle H. Cameron and Linda Monroe. Call Number: RM700 .C36 2007

Prevention practice : a physical therapist’s guide to health, fitness, and wellness / edited by Catherine Rush Thompson. Call Number: RM700 .P82 2007

Quick reference dictionary for physical therapy / edited by Jennifer M. Bottomley. Call Number: RM696.5 .Q53 2003 (located in Reference)

Recent advances in physiotherapy / edited by Cecily Partridge. Call Number: RM700 .R36 2007

The rehabilitation specialist’s handbook / Jules M. Rothstein ... [et al.]. Call Number: RM735.3 .R68 2005

Exam Review Materials/Study Guides

Note: many of the exam review materials are located in Reserves; check the Location information for the item that you are interested in

Search Subject Heading: Physical therapy Examinations, questions, etc.

Examination preparation : a complete guide for the physical therapist / Scott M. Giles, Ronda Sanders. Call Number: RM701.6 .G55 2003

Physical therapy board review / Brad Fortinberry, Michael Dunaway. Call Number: RM701.6 .F67 2002

PTA exam : the complete study guide / Scott M. Giles. Call Number: RM701.6 .G5 2005

PTEXAM : the complete study guide / Scott M. Giles. Call Number: RM701.6 .G56 2005

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