Research Catalog

Title

Physiotherapy in occupational health : management, prevention, and health promotion in the work place / edited by Barbara Richardson and Alfreda Eastlake ; with a foreword by J.D.G. Troup.

Publication

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Richardson, B. (Barbara)
• Eastlake, A. (Alfreda)

Description

xii, 255 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Physical therapy
• Occupational health services
• Occupational Health Services > organization & administration
• Physical Therapy Modalities
• Occupational Health
• Occupational Diseases > prevention & control
• Health Promotion
• Workplace

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Occupational medicine / David R. Leitch and Penny A. Lendon -- 2. History of occupational health physiotherapy in the UK / Alfreda Eastlake -- 3. Role of the physiotherapist in occupational health / Alfreda Eastlake -- 4. Making sense of the organization / Elizabeth A. Edwards -- 5. An ergonomic approach to assessment / Barbara Richardson -- 6. Occupational stress / Barbara Richardson -- 7. Anatomy and physiology of movement at work / Nancy M. Laurenson -- 8. Health promotion and education / Barbara Richardson -- 9. Fitness and health programmes / Christopher Norris -- 10. Musculoskeletal injury at work: natural history and risk factors / Stephen T. Pheasant -- 11. Moving and handling / Joan C. Gabbett and Gillian M. Oldham -- 12. Prevention and treatment of upper limb disorders / Jeffrey D. Boyling -- 13. Costing / Kate S. Crocker -- 14. Research in occupational medicine / Sheila S. Kitchen.

ISBN

0750609656

LCCN

94014343 //r94

OCLC

• 30157559
• ocm30157559
• SCSB-4774151

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries