Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation 3rd Edition

Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition: Your Comprehensive Clinical Reference

Grounded in the latest scientific literature, this book presents the state of the art in sports medicine and rehabilitation in dogs. This comprehensive reference offers practical advice and strategies for examining, treating, and managing canine athletes, working dogs, and companion dogs, making it an essential guide for improving patient outcomes.

Key Features

• Multimodal Approach & Pain Management: New chapters discuss the multimodal approach to managing osteoarthritis, interventional pain management, and the use of assistive devices.
• Comprehensive Coverage: It explores locomotion and athletic performance, musculoskeletal structure and physiology, the role of nutrition in performance and rehabilitation, and imaging in canine sports medicine.
• Therapeutic Techniques: Covers manual therapy, physical modalities, therapeutic exercise, aquatic therapy, and conditioning and retraining.
• Specialized Topics: Includes newly recognized issues specific to working dogs (such as police and assistance dogs) and the current status of the business of sports medicine and rehabilitation.
• Extensive Visuals: Features more than 500 clinical photographs, radiographs, and line drawings throughout to demonstrate key concepts and procedures.
• Expert Authorship: Written by 57 leading international experts in the field, including 34 new authors, ensuring the content reflects the latest science and clinical expertise.
• Broad Audience: An essential reference for veterinarians, physical therapists, veterinary technicians, and anyone interested in working with canine athletes or offering rehabilitation therapy in their practice.