Health Sciences Book Chapters Copyright (c) 2013 University of Notre Dame Australia All rights reserved. http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/health_chapters Recent documents in Health Sciences Book Chapters en-us Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:35:58 PST 3600 Evaluation of Physiotherapy Practice http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/health_chapters/2 http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/health_chapters/2 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:03:41 PDT This chapter will consider ways that physiotherapists can evaluate their clinical practice. It will introduce the concepts of practice evaluation, reasons for evaluation, areas where evaluation is important and tools for evaluation. First, let us explain what we mean by “evaluation of physiotherapy practice”. Physiotherapy Practice encompasses all professional activities, from delivering services to individual patients, to implementing a community program, to managing a hospital department or private practice. To evaluate means to appraise or assess something. When we evaluate physiotherapy practice, we make a judgment about the quality of some aspect of practice. Evaluation of what we do is a central aspect of what is expected of a health professional. Evaluation is the means by which we ask ourselves ‘Is this the right thing to do?’ and ‘Is this the best I can do?’

ISBN: 9780729538862

]]> Megan Davidson et al. Posture http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/health_chapters/1 http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/health_chapters/1 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:22:45 PDT Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport, Second Edition, concentrates on the various ways in which an athlete—whether the average participant or the elite competitor—can modify technique to achieve optimal performance. Its emphasis on athletic assessment and physical capacity modification provides a unique perspective that will help coaches and other sport professionals appraise the body structure of their athletes so that strengths can be fully utilized and weaknesses improved. The text also considers growth, development, and gender, and it makes readers aware of mechanical overstresses that can impair performance and cause injuries. The second edition has undergone a complete revision and is designed with practical application in mind. It includes chapter contributions by respected sport scientists presenting recent research and cutting-edge information on topics such as: The development of improved training methods to increase explosive power, The use of elastic energy in the development of power and speed, The modification of strength and body composition to improve performance, and The application of proportionality and posture to sport performance.

Chapter 7, 'Posture' by Peter Hamer, PhD, and John Bloomfield, PhD, includes:

Evolution and the Development of Posture

Changes in Posture During Growth

Maintenance of Posture

Advantages of Good Posture

Postural Diversity within Individuals

Posture and its Relationship to Somatotype

Postural Defects

Static and Dynamic Posture

Posture Assessment

Desirable Postures for High Level Sport Performance

Modifying Posture and Technique to Improve Performance

ISBN: 9780736063388

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