Introduction to Canine Rehabilitation
As the practice of canine rehabilitation and sports medicine continues to evolve, roles of practitioners are more specialized as approaches become more advanced. Clinical reasoning, care pathways, and specific applied interventions are adopted from the interprofessional practice of human sports medicine, requiring knowledge and understanding of the art and science of physical rehabilitation and related medical sciences. Contributing to a multifaceted team, the rehabilitation professional must be able to synthesize information related to the integrity and efficiency of the neuromusculoskeletal system, in coordination with other body systems, to affect the functional abilities of the patient. This is accomplished through the examination and evaluation of the patient with the purpose of identifying medical comorbidities, specific impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities. Understanding the interplay between the objective information collected during the rehabilitation examination and evaluation, patient-specific factors, and knowledge of basic sciences, physics, and biomechanics will guide the therapist in establishing a treatment plan that will ultimately contribute to the patient's return to an optimal level of function following injury, illness, or onset of a medical disorder or disease.
The purpose of this introductory chapter is to:
- Define the practice of canine rehabilitation.
- Describe various contributions of the different members of the interprofessional canine rehabilitation team.
- Discuss the history and evolution of the practice of canine rehabilitation in the United States and internationally.
- Describe the practice of physical therapy as it pertains to the management of the canine rehabilitation patient.
- Discuss specific physiological considerations for the canine rehabilitation therapist when planning rehabilitation interventions.
- Describe patient management and treatment planning methods by which the canine rehabilitation therapist coordinates the implementation of treatment strategies and interventions.
Authors: Amy Kramer, Amie Lamoreaux Hesbach, Shari Sprague
Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
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