MARCH 1979 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y BOOK REVIEWS 19 N e u ro lo g y f o r P h y s io th e r a p is ts (1978). E d ite d b y J o a n C a sh , F .C .S .P ., L o n d o n . F a b e r a n d F a b e r , 2 n d e d itio n . P p 495. Illu s . S o ft cover. T h e b ig g est sin g le c h a n g e in th is n ew e d itio n is th e e x te n siv e re v is io n o f th e se c tio n o n h e m ip le g ia , w h ic h has b e en c o m p le te ly re w r itte n b y J. M . T o d d a n d p . M . D a v ie s . T h e e m p h a sis is o n a w a re n e ss o f th e a ffe c te d sid e a n d p a r t o n e o f th is s e c tio n c o v e rs e a rly c are a n d a d v ic e to re la tiv e s a n d n u rs in g p e rso n n e l. P a r t tw o c o v e rs th e n e u ro d e v e lo p m e n ta l a p p r o a c h to th e tre a tm e n t o f h e m ip le g ia in g r e a t d e ta il a n d is illu s tra te d b y e x c e lle n t lin e d ra w in g s. A n y o n e c o n ­ c e rn e d in th e h a n d lin g o f th e h e m ip le g ic p a ti e n t w o u ld do w e ll to r e a d th ese tw o c h a p te rs . T h e c h a p te r o n c e re b ra l p a ls y , n o w r e w ritte n by Sofie L e v itt, is a n im p ro v e m e n t o n th e first e d itio n but re m a in s d is a p p o in tin g . T h e p re s e n ta tio n is su p e r- icial a n d so m e tim e s m is le a d in g , as f o r in s ta n c e th e d iscussion o f n o r m a l r e a c tio n s u n d e r th e h e a d in g o f a b n o rm a l reflexes o r re a c tio n s . T h e se c tio n o n t r e a t­ m e n t m ig h t fo rm a u se fu l in tr o d u c tio n to th e v a rio u s a p p ro a c h e s b u t w o u ld n o t be o f a n y p ra c tic a l a ssista n c e in th e tre a tm e n t o f a c e re b ra l p a ls ie d child. T h e in tr o d u c to r y c h a p te rs , p a r tic u la r ly th o se o n p r i n ­ c iples o f tre a tm e n t, re m a in e x c e lle n t a n d la rg e ly u n ­ a lte re d . T h e c h a p te r o n s p in a b ifid a a n d h y d ro c e p h a lu s h a s b e e n u p d a te d a n d in c lu d e s so m e u s e fu l i n fo rm a tio n , as d o e s th e c h a p te r o n s p in a l c o rd in ju rie s . U n f o r tu n a te ly m o s t o f th e o th e r c h a p te rs re m a in re la tiv e ly u n a lte re d a n d th o se o n p o ly n e u r o p a th ie s a n d p e r ip h e r a l n e rv e in ­ ju rie s , in p a r tic u la r , do n o t re fle ct m o d e rn -d a y a p ­ p ro a c h e s to tre a tm e n t. I t is to b e h o p e d th a t in f u tu r e e d itio n s th e s e se c tio n s m a y b e a lte re d to p r o v id e c o n ­ cise, specific a d v ic e r e g a rd in g tre a tm e n t. T h e o rig in a l c h a p te r o n g e ria tric s h a s b e e n re p la c e d b y tw o c h a p te rs o n th e w id e r a sp e c ts o f p h y s io th e r a p y in th e c o m m u n ity . T h e p ro v is io n o f re fe re n c e s f o r a d d itio n a l re a d in g v a rie s f r o m c h a p te r to c h a p te r a n d is n o t a lw ay s a d e q u a te . I t is a p ity th a t th e p la te s a r e b o u n d to g e th e r in th e c e n tre o f th e b o o k a n d th u s p a r ti a ll y lo se th e ir illu s tra tiv e v alue. T h e b o o k r e m a in s th e o n ly o n e a v a ila b le in th is field and is w o r th re c o m m e n d in g f o r its c h a p te rs o n p rin c ip le s <)f tr e a tm e n t a n d o n h e m ip le g ia a lo n e , a n d th e d isc ern - j i g r e a d e r w ill find m u c h o f in te re s t in so m e o f the o th e r se c tio n s. S.I-C. O r th o p a e d ic s f o r N u rs e s , (1978), S to n e , E . M . a n d P in n e y , E . C. L o n d o n . B a illie re T in d a ll. T h is b o o k p r o v id e s a v e ry b a s ic in tr o d u c tio n to the tre a tm e n t o f b o n e a n d jo in t d is o rd e rs . I t p re s u p p o s e s v e ry little k n o w le d g e o f a n a to m y a n d p a th o lo g y o n the p a r t o f its re a d e rs. T h e b o o k is n o t set o u t in th e m o st lo g ic a l o rd e r. F o r e x a m p le th e c h a p te r o n o r th o p a e d ic p rin c ip le s , w h ic h d e als la rg e ly w ith th e d iffe re n t ty p es o f im m o b ilis a tio n , is s e p a ra te d f r o m th e s e c tio n on s p lin tin g b y a c h a p te r o n n u rs in g c a re o f a m p u ta tio n s . T h e d iffe re n t ty p es o f s p lin ts a n d fra m e s a n d th e a p p lic a tio n o f p la s te r o f p a r is a re d e a lt w ith th o ro u g h ly . T h e in tr o d u c tio n to fra c tu r e s is f a ir l y c o m p re h e n s iv e , b u t th e m e c h a n is m s a n d c o n s e q u e n t tre a tm e n t o f e ac h f r a c tu r e is o n ly b rie fly d e sc rib e d . T h e se c tio n o n d iseases in clu d e s a s h o r t re v ie w o f th e p a th o lo g y a n d tre a tm e n t o f h a e m o p h ilia a n d o ste o m y e litis. R h e u m a to id a r th r it is is w e ll c o v ere d , w ith s e v e ra l p h o to g r a p h s o f th e d iffe re n t ty p es o f s p lin ts in use. T h e r e is a d e ta ile d d e s c rip tio n o f th e signs a n d s y m p to m s a n d tre a tm e n t o f tu b e rc u lo s is o f e a c h jo in t. T h e c h a p te r o n d ise ases o f th e n e rv o u s sy ste m is to o b r ie f to b e o f a n y use. T h is s e c tio n , as w e ll as th e tre a tm e n t o f h e a d in ju rie s do n o t fa ll w ith in th e s c o p e o f th is b o o k . T h e se c tio n o n d e fo rm itie s is lo n g a n d p re s e n ts so m e o f th e la te st te c h n iq u e s, su c h as C o tre ll tr a c tio n in th e m a n a g e m e n t o f sc o lio sis. A la rg e v a r ie ty o f s p lin ts f o r th e tre a tm e n t o f c o n g e n ita l h ip d is lo c a tio n is illu s tra te d . T h e final c h a p te r o n r e h a b i lita tio n is good. I t p ro v id e s a b a sic in tr o d u c tio n to th e m o d a litie s u s e d by th e p h y s io ­ th e ra p is t. I t stresses th a t m o s t p a ssiv e te c h n iq u e s (such as h e a t o r ice) a re o n ly u se d to p r e p a r e f o r a c tiv e m o v e m e n t. T h e p a r a g r a p h s d e a lin g w ith o c c u p a tio n a l th e r a p y a re few er, b u t do p re s e n t a n a c c u ra te p ic tu re o f th a t d isc ip lin e . N o m e n tio n w a s m a d e o f th e ro le o f th e fa m ily a n d c o m m u n ity in r e h a b ilita tio n . T h e r e a re a few m is ta k e s in th e te x t (e.g. th a t if k is n e c e ssa ry to im m o b ilis e a jo in t f o r a n y r e a s o n “ the im m o b ilis a tio n is c a r r ie d o u t in th e p o s itio n o f p h y s io ­ lo g ic a l r e s t”). O c c a s io n a lly illu s tr a tio n s a re n o t re la te d to th e a c c o m p a n y in g te x t a n d c a p tio n s a re in a c c u ra te . A lth o u g h c e rta in se c tio n s o f th e b o o k a re v a ju a b le , it is n o t re c o m m e n d e d as a te x tb o o k f o r p h y s io th e ra p y stu d e n ts. I t d o e s n o t p ro v id e th e th e o re tic a l d e p th o f p a th o lo g y a n d o r th o p a e d ic tre a tm e n t w h ic h a s ta n d a rd o r th o p a e d ic te x tb o o k w o u ld su p p ly . T h e p h y sic a l tr e a t ­ m e n t is n o t d e ta ile d e n o u g h to g u id e p h y s io th e ra p is ts . S tu d e n ts c o u ld b e r e fe r r e d to th e s e c tio n o n sp lin tin g , w h ic h is v e ry c o m p re h e n s iv e a n d w e ll illu stra te d . J. H ill M u s c u lo -S k e le ta l E x a m in a tio n a n d R e c o rd in g G u id e . M a itla n d , G . D . (1978) L a u d e r d a le P re ss, P .O . Box 85, G le n O s m o n d 5064, S o u th A u s tra lia . A u s tra lia n $2,50. T h is b o o k le t fo rm s a c o m b in a tio n o f tw o g u id e s p r e ­ v io u s ly p u b lis h e d s e p a ra te ly . D o c u m e n ta tio n o f v e rte b ra l a n d p e r ip h e r a l jo in t p ro b le m s s h o u ld b e fa c ilita te d b y su c h a c o m p re h e n s iv e b o o k le t w h ic h s h o u ld be to h a n d in a n y p h y s io th e r a p y d e p a rtm e n t o r p r iv a te p r a c ­ tic e fo llo w in g th is m e th o d o f tre a tm e n t. I t is, h o w e v e r, u n f o r tu n a t e th a t th e p r in tin g is p o o r a n d th e p r o o f ­ re a d in g w a s in a d e q u a te . A S Y M B O L F O R R E H A B IL IT A T IO N IN T E R N A T IO N A L R e h a b i lita tio n I n te r n a tio n a l h a s a n n o u n c e d a se a rc h fo r a n o r g a n iz a tio n a l sy m b o l o r “ lo g o ” a n d is in v itin g d e sig n e rs th r o u g h o u t th e w o rld to su b m it id ea s. D e sig n s w ill b e e v a lu a te d b y th e A sse m b ly o f R e h a b ilita tio n In te r n a ti o n a l a n d th e final s e le c tio n w ill b e m a d e a t its m e e tin g in 1980 f o r th e 14th W o r ld R e h a b ilit a ti o n C ongress. F u r t h e r d e ta ils r e g a rd in g su b m is s io n o f d e sig n s a re a v a ila b le fr o m : R e h a b i lita ti o n I n te r n a tio n a l, 432 P a r k A v e n u e S o u th , N e w Y o rk , N .Y . 10016, U .S.A . R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. )