TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Wise, Christopher H. PY - 2015 T2 - Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: From Art to Evidence AB - Mennell exclaimed, “the human hand is the oldest remedy known to man, and historically, no date can be given for its inception.”1 It has only been in recent years, however, that the profession of physical therapy has formally embraced orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) as an entire approach to the management of musculoskeletal dysfunction. In fact, prior to the early 1990s, formal training in the art and science of OMPT was not routinely included within the educational curricula of physical therapists. Many well-intentioned physical therapists have disregarded the use of these strategies within their clinical practice due to the paucity of literature supporting their veracity or based in an honest attempt to establish distance between the field of physical therapy and other health-related professions. Consequently, a significant number of clinicians have spent a portion of their careers without consideration of these strategies within their diagnostic and intervention armamentarium. It is, therefore, time for a more in-depth exposition of both the art and the science of this unique and important area of specialty practice. The primary objective of this text is to serve as the definitive resource on the principles and practice of OMPT for physical therapist students, instructors, clinicians, and researchers. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144249232 ER -