"Physical Therapy Effectiveness" ed. by Mario Bernardo-Filho, Danúbia Sá-Caputo, Redha Taiar

Physical therapy can be valuable in different situations along of the various steps of human development and in various clinical disorders. Indeed, topics on different approaches have been included in this book, which makes this book useful for readers to improve their professional performance.

Physical therapy involves non-pharmacological interventions in the management of various clinical conditions. It is important to highlight the physical therapy procedures that are suitable, effective and, in general, do not have side effects or complications when properly performed.

Contents
1.Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Women’s Health
2.Efficacy of Physical Therapy in the Management of Reproductive Disorders
3.Whole-Body Vibration Exercise as an Intervention to Improve Musculoskeletal Performance
4.What to Expect: Medical Quality Outcomes and Achievements of a Multidisciplinary Inpatient Musculoskeletal System Rehabilitation
5.Effectiveness of Motor Imagery on Physical Therapy: Neurophysiological Aspects of Motor Imagery
6.Parkinson’s Disease Rehabilitation: Effectiveness Approaches and New Perspectives
7.Application of a Single-Case Research Design to Present the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation in the Clinic
8.Targeting Limb Muscle Dysfunction in COPD
9.Early Mobilization on Patients with Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU
10.Increased Physical Activity in a Public Health Perspective
11.Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Chronic Wound Care
12.Affect and Exercise
13.A Conceptual Framework for the Inclusion of Recreational Therapy within South African Healthcare Paradigms
14.Manual Therapy: Art or Science?