gEpTEMBER 1975 F I S I O T E R A P I E 19 V restdene Services 76 King George Street, Hospital H ill, Johannesburg Telephone: 724-9345 0 W it h branches at: C a p e T o w n : Sanso C entre, Adderley Stree t. Telephone: 4 11061 D u r b a n : 604 Eagle Building, W e s t Street. Telephone: 24403 P r e t o r i a : 26 Arcadia Galleries, 524 Church Street. Telephone: 33487 W e carry a large stock of medical and paramedical books, and are subscription agents for medical journals. Academ ic and technical books from our: Campus Bookshop Bertha Street, Braamfontein. Telephone: 724-854I B o o k R e v i e w “ C L A Y T O N ’S E L E C T R O T H E R A P Y AN D A C T IN O T H E R A P Y 7 th E D I T IO N ” A u th o r: P auline M . Scott P u b lish e r: B ailliere a n d T in d a ll, 7-8 H e n rie tta S t., L o n d o n W C 2 E 8QE. P ric e : £4.50. T h e 7 th e d itio n o f C la y to n ’s “ E le c tro th e ra p y a n d A c tin o th e ra p y ” m a in ta in s the h ig h sta n d a rd o f its predecessors. T he b o o k is in te n d e d fo r stu d e n ts p re p a rin g fo r th e C h a rte re d Society E x am in atio n s. T h e a u th o r h a s, therefore, o m itted a p p a ra tu s c ircu its (in clu d ed in p revious e d itions) a n d has a d d e d c h a p te rs o n th e physics o f m o v em e n t a n d h y d ro th e ra p y . S o u th A frica n stu d e n ts, w h o still re q u ire a know ledge o f a p p a ra tu s c ircu its fo r E le ctro m ec h an ic s e x am in atio n s, will find it necessary to use this 7 th e d itio n in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the 6 th e d itio n . C h a p te rs dealing w ith th e basic principles o f ele ctro m ec h an ic s a n d e le c tro th e ra p y re m a in u n a lte re d a p a r t fro m m in o r c h anges to the text. M e a su rem e n ts (as fo r exam ple used in u ltra v io le t irra d ia tio n ) have b e en co n v erted m ainly to m etric units. T he c h a p te r d e aling w ith fa ra d ic a n d sin u so id a l c u rre n ts includes a sh o rt se ction o n fa ra d ism to m uscles o f th e pelvic floor. O n th e w hole, n o th in g new h as b een a d d e d to th e d escrip ­ tio n o f e le c tro th e ra p y techniques. Effects, uses, a n d th eo ries re g ard in g different m od alitie s re m a in th e sam e as in th e 6 th e d itio n . T he final p a r t o f th e b o o k deals w ith the forces o p e ra tin g d u rin g active exercise, in, a n d o u t of, w ater. T h is section is well p lan n e d , inte restin g , a n d in fo rm a tiv e , a n d its inclusion will e n a b le th e overseas stu d e n t to find th e in fo rm a tio n re q u ire d fo r th e P re lim in ary E x a m in a tio n in E le ctro ­ m echanics a n d M o v e m en t, in o ne b o o k . Is th is section, how ever, n o t p e rh a p s o u t o f place in a b o o k en title d “ E le c tro th e ra p y a n d A c tin o th e ra p y ” ? W o u ld it have been b e tte r fo r M iss S c o tt to h a v e c h an g e d the title o f her b o o k , o r, if th is s h o u ld h ave p ro v e d im possible, to h ave included, in stea d , m o re in fo rm a tio n a b o u t e le c tro th e ra p y ? ' N . V a n W yk a n d M . B a u d e rt “ P R O G R E S S IV E E X E R C IS E T H E R A P Y ” . In R ehabili­ tation a nd P hysical E ducation by Jo h n H . C . Colson, F .C .S .P ., F .S .R .G ., M B A O T . P u b lish e d by J o h n W rig h t a n d S ons, L td ., B ristol. P ric e : £3.30 T his excellent a n d w ell-know n b o o k h a s been u p d a te d a n d fu rth e r im p ro v e d by the a d d itio n o f a section o n m usic and m ovem ent. T he first sh o rt section deals w ith b a sic principles in progressive exercises. T h e second section, w hich is also the largest, gives a w e alth o f free, progressive exercises fo r a ll th e p a rts o f th e b o d y , w hilst the th ird section indicates som e a p p lic a tio n o f these exercises in c o m m o n surgical c o n d itio n s. T h e new fo u rth section gives a glim pse o f c ircu it train in g , w h ich is becom ing m o re a n d m o re im p o rta n t w ith th e de v elo p m en t in sp o rt m edicine, a n d a de ta ile d acc o u n t o f th e use o f m usic, m o v em e n t a n d g am es in th e tre a tm e n t a n d re cre atio n al th e ra p y o f th e m entally h a n d ic a p p e d . T his last section h a s g re at p o te n tia l a n d c a n be m odified a n d a d a p te d to m eet the re q u ire m e n ts o f m any th e ra p e u tic situ atio n s. A n inv alu a b le te x tb o o k fo r stu d e n ts a n d excellent re fre sh e r c o u rse a n d stim u la n t fo r qualified physio th erap ists. N .G . “ T H E P U Z Z L E O F P A I N ” by R o nald M elzack. P e n g u in Series o f B e h av io u r. P e n g u in E d u c a tio n . M o st p h y sio th e ra p y o u t-p a tie n ts a n d c ertainly m any in -p a tie n ts p re sen t w ith p a in as th e ir chief c o m p la in t a n d th is fascin a tin g a n d stim u la tin g p a p e rb a c k discusses in c lear term s the psychology, clinical a spects a n d physiology o f p a in a n d th e e v o lu tio n o f p a in th eo ries. R o n a ld M elzack 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. )