Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists:Screening for Referral 4/e

Written by a leading expert in the field, this comprehensive reference text enables users to properly screen for
medical disease to make an informed diagnosis. The goal of this proven text is to teach the Physical Therapist how to
determine if the patient has a true neuromuscular or musculoskeletal problem and to determine the specific dysfunction
or impairment. Now with a new title that reflects a better understanding of the screening process as the first step in
making a diagnosis, this text provides students, physical therapy clinicians and physical therapist assistants with a
step-by-step approach to client evaluation, which follows the standards of competency established by the American
Physical Therapy Association (APTA) related to conducting a screening examination.

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Section One: Introduction to the Screening Process
1. Introduction to Screening for Referral in Physical Therapy
2. Interviewing As a Screening Tool
3. Pain Types and Viscerogenic Pain Patterns
4. Physical Assessment as a Screening Tool

Section Two: Viscerogenic Causes of Neuromusculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction
5. Screening for Hematologic Disease
6. Screening for Cardiovascular Disease
7. Screening for Pulmonary Disease
8. Screening for Gastrointestinal Disease
9. Screening for Hepatic and Biliary Disease
10. Screening for Urogenital Disease
11. Screening for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease
12. Screening for Immunologic Disease
13. Screening for Cancer

Section Three: Systemic Origins of Neuromusculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction
14. Screening in the Head, Neck, and Back
15. Screening in the Sacrum, Sacroiliac, and Pelvis
16. Screening in the Lower Quadrant: Buttock, Hip, Thigh, Groin, and Leg
17. Screening in the Chest, Breast, and Ribs
18. Screening in the Shoulder and Upper Extremity

Appendices
A. Screening Summary
B. Special Questions to Ask
C. Special Forms to Use
D. Special Tests to Perform