Differential diagnosis for physical therapists : screening for referral / Catherine Cavallaro Goodman, John Heick, Rolando T. Lazaro.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I: Introduction to the screening process -- Introduction to screening for referral in physical therapy -- Interviewing as a screening tool -- Pain types and viscerogenic pain patterns -- Sect. II: Viscerogenic causes of neuromusculoskeletal pain and dysfunction -- Screening for hematologic disease -- Screening for cardiovascular disease -- Screening for pulmonary disease -- Screening for gastrointestinal disease -- Screening for hepatic and biliary disease -- Screening for urogenital disease -- Screening for urogenital disease -- Screening for endocrine and metabolic disease -- Screening for cancer -- Sect. III: Screening the head, neck, and back -- Screening the sacrum, sacroiliac, and pelvis -- Screening the lower quadrant: buttock, hip, groin, thigh, and leg -- Screening the chest, breasts, and ribs -- Screening the shoulder and upper extremity.