Physiotherapy Competency Examination

Key Reference List

Paz JC, West MP. Acute Care Handbook For Physical Therapists. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2014.

Cardiorespiratory

Frownfelter D, Dean E, editors. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice. (5th ed.).
St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2012.

Hillegass E. Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2017.

Reid D, Chung F, Hill K. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy: Management and Case Studies. 2nd ed. Thorofare:
Slack; 2014.

Exercise Therapy

Moore GE, Durstine JL, Painter PL. Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities. 4th
ed. Windsor: Human Kinetics; 2016.

American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s guidelines for exercise testing and prescription. 10th ed.
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.

American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's Resources for Clinical Exercise Physiology: Musculoskeletal,
Neuromuscular, Neoplastic, Immunologic, and Hematologic Conditions. 2 nd Ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins; 2010.

Brody LT, Hall CM. Therapeutic Exercise: Moving towards function. 4th ed. Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.

General

Boissonnault WG. Primary care for the physical therapist. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2011.

Goodman CC, Fuller KS. Pathology: Implications for the physical therapist. 4thd ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier;
2015.

O’Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ, Fulk, GD. Physical Rehabilitation. 7th ed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis; 2019.
General Medicine

Merck Manual Professional Version [Internet]. New Jersey: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp; 2017 [cited 2018 Feb
21]. Available from: https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional.

Geriatrics

Guccione A, Wong R, Avers D, editors. Geriatric Physical Therapy. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2012.

Introductory Physiotherapy

Dutton M. Introduction to Physical Therapy and Patient Skills. 1st ed. McGraw-Hill; 2014.

Fairchild SL. Pierson and Fairchild’s Principles & Techniques of Patient Care. 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier;
2018.

Modalities

Bélanger A. Therapeutic Electrophysical Agents: Evidence Behind Practice. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott,
Williams and Wilkins; 2015.

Cameron MH. Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: An Evidence Based Approach to Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis:
Elsevier Saunders; 2018.

Bellew JW, Michlovitz SL, Nolan, TP Jr. Michlovitz's Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention. 6th ed. Philadelphia:
F.A. Davis Company; 2016.

Neurology

Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases. 2 nd ed. Sunderland: Sinauer; 2010.

Carr J, Shepherd R. Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing motor performance. 2 nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill
Livingstone Elsevier; 2010.

Shumway-Cook A, Woollacott MH. Motor Control: Translating Research Into Clinical Practice. 5th ed.
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.

Umphred D. Umphred's Neurological Rehabilitation. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2013.

Orthopaedics

Brukner P, Clarsen B, Cook J, Cools A, Crossley K, Hutchinson M, et al., authors. Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports
Medicine: Injuries, Vol. 1. 5th ed. North Ryde: McGraw-Hill; 2017.
Dutton M. Dutton’s Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation and Intervention. 4 th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill;
2017.
Frontera, W.R., Silver, J.K. and Rizzo, T.D. Essentials of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 4th
Edition. Elsevier. 2018

Jull G, Moore A, Falla D, Lewis J, MCCarthy C, Sterling M., editors. Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapy. 4th ed. Elsevier; 2015.

Kisner C, Colby L. Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques. 7th ed. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis; 2017.

Magee DJ. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2014.

Magee, DJ, Zachazewski J, Quillen W, Manske R. Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.
2nd. Maryland Heights: Elsevier Saunders; 2016.

General Resources

Rehabilitation Measures Database [Internet]. Chicago: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab; 2018 [cited 2018 Feb 21].
Available from: https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures

World Health Organization. International Clssification of Functioning, Disability and Health; 2003. Found at:
http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/icfbeginnersguide.pdf?ua=1
http://www.who.int/classifications/drafticfpracticalmanual2.pdf?ua=1
SCIRE, Spinal cord Injury Research Evidence: www.scireproject.com

EBRSR, Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation: www.ebrsr.com

Paediatrics

Palisano RJ, Orlin, MN, Schreiber, J. Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier
Saunders; 2017.

Tecklin JS. Pediatric Physical Therapy. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2015.

Professional Practice

Accreditation Council for Canadian Physiotherapy Academic Programs, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy
Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Canadian Council of Physiotherapy University Programs.
Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada [Internet]. 2017. [updated 2018 Feb; cited 2018 Feb 21].
Available from:
http://www.alliancept.org/announcement/updated-competency-profile-physiotherapists-canada-new-entry-
practice-milestones/
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators Core Standards of Practice.
https://www.alliancept.org/announcements/core-standards-practice-physiotherpaists-canada-now-available/
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Code of Ethical Conduct
[Internet]. 2017. [cited 2018 Feb 5]. Available from:
www.alliancept.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Harmonized-Code-of-Ethics-November-2017.pdf

Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Code of Ethics Revision [Internet].
2013. [updated 2013 Oct 1; cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: https://physiotherapy.ca/cpa-code-ethics

Essential Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada; 2012. Available from:

CPG's

Thomas JL, Christensen JC, Kravitz SR, Mendicino RW, Schuberth JM, Vanore JV, et al. The diagnosis and
treatment of heel pain: a clinical practice guideline – revision 2010. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. 2010;
49(3), Supplement, S1-S19.