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The second edition of this classic physiotherapy text for undergraduate students, junior physiotherapists, and practitioners specializing in obstetrics and gynecology explores the scientific, philosophical, and practical basis behind all aspects of clinical intervention. This book contains a detailed anatomical description of the female reproductive and urinary tract with the associated structures along with the physiology of reproduction and pregnancy with a thorough account of the physiotherapists' role. Amazingly thorough coverage of the physiotherapist's role in obstetrics and gynecology make this resource the definitive one of its kind.Information includes detailed anatomical descriptions of the female reproductive, urinary and lower intestinal tracts together with associated structures.Material on the physiology of reproduction, pregnancy, parturition, the puerperium, menopause, and more makes this text the definitive resource of its kind.Practical content features a reasoned account of the physiotherapist's role preconceptually, through the reproductive cycle, to the middle years and beyond.Comprehensive coverage includes a wide range of gynecological pathologies and relevant surgeries.Detailed coverage of treatment of incontinence provides helpful knowledge to any practitioner.

Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- Foreword to second edition -- Foreword to first edition -- Introduction -- 1.Anatomy -- 2.Physiology of pregnancy -- 3.Physical and physiological changes of labor and the puerperium -- 4.The antenatal period -- 5.Relieving pregnancy discomforts -- 6.Preparation for labor -- 7.The postnatal period -- 8.The Climacteric -- 9.Common gynecological surgery -- 10.Gynecological surgery -- 11.Urinary function and dysfunction -- 12.Bowel function and dysfunction -- Appendix 1: ICS The Standardization of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function 2002 -- Appendix 2: ICS The Standardization of Terminology of Lower Urinary Tract Function 1989 -- Index.

Rev. edition of: Physiotherapy in obstetrics and gynaecology / Margaret Polden, Jill Mantle. 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.