Hip and Knee Pain Disorders has been written to provide a state-of-the-art, evidence-informed and clinically-informed overview of the examination and conservativemanagement of hip/knee pain conditions. Under the current predominantly evidence-based practice paradigm, clinician expertise, patient preference, and best availableresearch determine examination, and prognostic and clinical management decisions.However, this paradigm has been understood by many to place greater value andemphasis on the research component, thereby devaluing the other two. Evidence-informed practice is a term that has been suggested to honor the original intent ofevidence-based practice, while also acknowledging the value of clinician experience andexpertise. In essence, evidence-informed practice combines clinical reasoning, based oncurrent best evidence, with authority-based knowledge and a pathophysiological rationalederived from extrapolation of basic science knowledge. Unlike other published textbooksthat overemphasize the research component in decision-making, this book aims toaddress the clinical reality of having to make decisions on the management of a patientwith hip/knee pain, in the absence of a comprehensive scientific rationale, using othersources of knowledge. It offers an evidence-informed textbook that values equallyresearch evidence, clinician expertise and patient preference. The book is edited by three recognised world leaders in clinical research into manualtherapy and chronic pain. Their research activities are concentrated on the evidence-based management of musculoskeletal pain conditions using conservative interventions.For this book they have combined their knowledge and clinical expertise with that of 38additional contributors, all specialists in the field The contributors include a mix ofclinicians and clinician-researchers.Hip and Knee Pain Disorders is unique in bringing together manual therapies and exerciseprograms in a multimodal approach to the management of these pain conditions fromboth a clinical, but also evidence-based, perspective. It acknowledges the expandingdirect access role of the physical therapy profession. The book provides an importantreference source for clinicians of all professions interested in conservative managementof the hip and knee regions. It will also be useful as a textbook for students at both entryand post-graduate level.
Both clinically informed and evidence informed approachEdited by three world leaders in clinical research into manual therapy and chronic painand a further 38 specialists in their fieldAn important resource for all clinicians and students interested in management of thehip and knee regions
