Physiotherapy Competency Examination

Key Reference List

(Last updated – October 10, 2019)

Acute Care

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. 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.

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 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. 3 rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott,
Williams and Wilkins; 2015.

Cameron MH. Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: An Evidence Based Approach to Practice. 5 th 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. 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. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill;
2017.
Frontera, W.R., Silver, J.K. and Rizzo, T.D. Essentials of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 4 th
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.

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