CONTENTS

PRESENTACIÓN CUADERNOS PARA LA DOCENCIA 09

INTRODUCTION 11
UNIT 1. PHYSIOTHERAPY: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL THERAPY OR PHYSIOTHERAPY 13
1. Warming up! 14
2. Introduction to Physical therapy or Physiotherapy 14
2.1. Reading comprehension: Introduction to physical therapy or
physiotherapy 16
2.2. Word definition 16
2.3. Increasing your vocabulary 17
2.4. Completing sentences 17
2.5. Synonyms 18
3. Physiotherapy specialty areas 18
3.1. Translation 19
3.2. Vocabulary 19
3.3. Physiotherapy specialty areas: Types of physical therapy 20
3.3.1. Increasing your vocabulary 22
3.3.2. Grammar 22
3.3.3. Reading comprehension skills. True or false? 23

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4. Curricula for the physical therapist professional degree 23

4.1. Filling gaps 23
4.2. Crossword. Review of physiotherapy specialty areas 25
5. One step into grammar! Articles 25
5.1. Supply a/an, the where suitable 26
UNIT 2. CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY PHYSIOTHERAPY 27
1. Warming up! 28
2. Introduction to Cardiovascular & Pulmonary physiotherapy 28
2.1. Reading comprehension: Introduction to cardiovascular &
physiotherapy 30
2.2. Word definition 30
2.3. Increasing your vocabulary 31
2.4. Definitions 31
2.5. Vocabulary 32
3. Physiotherapy management in the prevention of complications 33
3.1. Translation 34
3.2. Synonyms 35
3.3. Reading comprehension 35
4. Filling gaps. Respiratory practitioners & physical therapists 36
5. Multiple choice. Assessing air quality as part of a physical therapy
plan of care 37
6. One step into grammar! Relative clauses 40
6.1. Filling gaps 40
UNIT 3. GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY 42
1. Warming up! 43
2. Vocabulary and reading comprehension: Geriatric physiotherapy 44
2.1. Filling gaps 46
2.2. Vocabulary 47
3. Matching exercise 47
4. Filling gaps 49
5. Completing sentences 50
UNIT 4. NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY 53
1. Warming up! 54
2. Reading Comprehension: Neurological physiotherapy 55

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2.1. Comprehension questions 56

2.2. Vocabulary 57
2.3. Filling gaps 60
2.4. Filling gaps 61
2.5. Reading comprehension 62
2.6. Reading comprehension questions 63
2.7. Linking treatments and effects 64
2.8. Vocabulary and translation 65
UNIT 5. PEDIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY 67
1. Warming up! 68
2. Introduction to Pediatric physiotherapy 68
2.1. Reading comprehension: Introduction to pediatric physiotherapy 69
2.2. Word definition 70
2.3. Increasing your vocabulary 70
2.4. Completing sentences 71
2.5. Antonyms 72
3. The pediatric physical therapy practitioner 72
3.1. Translation 73
3.2. Looking up words in the dictionary 73
3.3. Filling gaps. Requirements to become a pediatric therapy
practitioner 74
4. Some disorders and diseases treated by pediatric physical therapists 75
4.1. Increasing your vocabulary 76
4.2. Looking up words in the dictionary 77
4.3. Give the references of the following pronouns in the text 77
4.4. Reading comprehension questions 78
5. Multiple choice. Pediatric rehabilitation & recovery of children with
traumatic injuries 78
6. One step into grammar! Modal verbs 81
6.1. Filling gaps 82
UNIT 6. ORTHOPEDIC PHYSIOTHERAPY 83
1. Orthopedic specialty area 84
1.1. Reading comprehension: Orthopedic specialty area 86
2. One step into grammar! Combining nouns 87

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2.1. Translation 87
2.2. Grammar exercise 88
2.3. Grammar exercise 89
3. Reading and translation 89
4. The chartered society of physiotherapy 92
4.1. Let's read about how to avoid health risks 92
4.2. Filling the gaps 93
4.3. Writing 94
4.4. Vocabulary 94
5. Crossword. Bones in the human body 95
UNIT 7. WOMEN’S HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY 97
1. Warming up! 98
1.1. Vocabulary 98
1.2. Reading Comprehension: The role of physiotherapy in pre and
post natal care 99
1.2.1. Pre-reading questions 99
1.2.2. Comprehension questions 101
2. Translation 102
3. Matching sentences 103
4. Filling blanks with verbs 104
5. Filling blanks with nouns 104
UNIT 8. SPORTS PHYSIOTHERAPY 106
1. Warming up! 107
2. Sports-specific warm up advice 108
2.1. Explaining the meaning 108
2.2. Matching the words with their definitions 109
2.3. Writing your opinion 109
3. The great outdoors: how a green exercise environment can benefit all 110
3.1. Reading comprehension: The great outdoors 111
3.1.1. Reading and summarizing 112
3.1.2. Grammar 112
4. One step into grammar! The passive voice 112
4.1. Passive voice exercise 113
4.2. Writing passive sentences 114

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4.3. Transforming active sentences into passive 114

5. One step into grammar! Passive voice in reporting experiments 115
5.1. Supplying the passive sentences 115
6. Declining physical activity levels 116
6.1. Translating 117
6.2. Synonyms 117
6.3. Checking your understanding 118
6.4. Increasing your vocabulary 118
7. Green exercise and health 118
7.1. Summarising the main ideas of this text 120
7.2. Stating your opinion 121
8. Express your opinion! 121
UNIT 9. CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC PHYSIOTHERAPY 122
1. Warming up! 123
2. What Is electrotherapy? 123
2.1. Increasing your vocabulary 124
2.2. Reading comprehension 125
2.3. Explaining in your own words 126
3. Electrotherapy devices. Definitions 126
3.1. Asking questions about these electrotherapy devices 127
4. One step into grammar! Passive constructions with reporting verbs 127
4.1. Writing the passive forms 128
4.2. Writing passive voice sentences 128
4.3. Writing sentences using the passive voice with reporting verbs 129
5. Reading Comprehension: Electrotherapy 129
5.1. True or false 131
BIBLIOGRAPHY 133
A SHORT GLOSSARY OF TERMS RELATED TO PHYSIOTHERAPY 136