Updated March 10, 2019
Physiotherapy Competency Examination Key Reference List
(Last updated – October 10, 2019)
Acute CarePaz 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. 2nd 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.
Updated March 10, 2019
GeriatricsGuccione 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. 2nd ed. Sunderland: Sinauer; 2010.
Carr J, Shepherd R. Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing motor performance. 2nd 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. 4th 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.
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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.
Outcome Measures
Rehabilitation Measures Database [Internet]. Chicago: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab; 2018 [cited 2018 Feb 21].
Available from: https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures 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, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Code of Ethical Conduct [Internet]. 2017. [cited 2018 Feb 5]. Available from:
https://www.alliancept.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/code-of-conduct-en.pdf
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Essential Competencies of Physiotherapist Support Workers in Canada [Internet]. 2012. [updated 2012 Apr; cited 2018 Feb 21]. Available from: https://www.alliancept.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/PTA_competency_-profile_2012_EN.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 Haddad A, Doherty, R. Purtillo, R. Health Professional and Patient Interaction. 9th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders Company; 2019.
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.
