A Guide to Evaluations with Forms for the Physical Therapist

Theresa Meyer

A Guide to Evaluations with Forms for the Physical Therapist leads you step by step through the initial evaluation process by carefully covering all pertinent questions and objective examinations in a logical sequence. The forms provide you with an easy to read assessment which can then be translated into a well-organized written record. A few of the evaluations covered in this manual are Posture Evaluation, Special Orthopedic Tests, Ankle Evaluation, Shoulder Evaluation, Gait Evaluation, Head Injury Evaluation, Hand Evaluation, and many more.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Performing the Evaluation Process
Chapter Two: Writing the Evaluation
Chapter Three: Progress/Discharge Report
Chapter Four: Evaluation Techniques
Chapter Five: Posture Evaluation
Chapter Six: Cardiac Evaluation
Chapter Seven: Pulmonary Evaluation
Chapter Eight: Home Evaluation
Chapter Nine: Gait Evaluation
Chapter Ten: Stroke/CVA
Chapter Eleven: Above Knee/Below Knee Evaluation
Chapter Twelve: Spinal Cord Evaluation
Chapter Thirteen: Head Injury Evaluation
Chapter Fourteen: Acute Medical/Surgical Evaluation
Chapter Fifteen: Special Orthopedic Tests
Chapter Sixteen: Back Evaluation
Chapter Seventeen: Neck Evaluation
Chapter Eighteen: Knee Evaluation
Chapter Nineteen: Ankle Evaluation
Chapter Twenty: Hip Evaluation
Chapter Twenty-One: Shoulder Evaluation
Chapter Twenty-Two: Elbow Evaluation
Chapter Twenty-Three: Hand Evaluation