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Physical Therapist Assistant

The PCC Library has numerous resources to support your studies in Physical Therapist Assistant and allied health fields. The most current information can be found in periodicals.

Periodicals
Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics. Vol. 7, #1 (1989)-Vol. 11, #4 (1993)
Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. Vol. 9, #1 (1989) - present
Physical Therapy. Jan. 1985-Dec. 1998 (microfilm), Jan. 1999-Nov. 2004 (print)
PT Magazine. March 1993-Feb. 2004
Rehabilitation Today. Nov/Dec. 1991-March 1994

Books and Audio-Visual Materials
The Library has numerous PTA-related books and AV materials. Titles can be found by searching the online catalog, and tip sheets on searching are available at each terminal.  Library staff are also available to assist you.

PTA-related materials are located throughout the collection. For example, items related to the practice of physical therapy will be located at RM 695 to RM 827; materials pertinent to muscular dystrophy, however, can be found at RC 935.

Online

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Adapted Physical Ability Quarterly (bib. records Jan-Dec. 1995)
Advances in Physiology Education (bib. records 1996-present)
Advances in Physiotherapy (full text Jan. 1999-present)
American Fitness (full text July 1993-present)
American Journal of Sports Medicine (full text 1992-99)
Applied Ergonomics (full text 1969-present)
BioMechanics (full text July 2003-present)
Clinical Rehabilitation (full text Jan. 1998-present)
Foot and Ankle Surgery (full text Jan. 1998-present)
Intl. Journal of Disability, Development, and Education (full text July 1998-present)
Journal of Athletic Training (bib. records 1996-present)
Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (full text Jan. 1997-present)
Mental Retardation (bib. records 1993-present)
Neurorehabilitation (full text Jan. 1997-present)
Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management (full text May 1993-present)
Occupational Ergonomics (full text Jan. 1999-present)
Orthopedic Nursing (full text Jan. 2000-present)
Pediatric Physical Therapy (bib. records March. 2003-present)
Pediatric Rehabilitation (full text Jan. 1999-present)
Physical Therapy (full text Jan. 2000-present)
Physical Therapy Reviews (full text March 2003-present)
Physiotherapy Research International (full text March 2000-present)
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice (full text March 1999-present)
PT Magazine (full text July 2000-present)
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (bib. records July 1993-present)
Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (full text July 1998-present)
Technology and Disability (full text Jan. 1997-present)

Health Source – Physical Therapy journals/articles for patients
Geriatrics (full text 1993-present)
Physical Therapy (full text Jan. 2000-present)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (full text Jan. 2001-present)
Stroke (full text Jan. 2001-present)
What to do about pain (full text Jan. 2002-present)

Medline/MedLine Plus: Index to 4300 intl. biomedical periodicals. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Internet links

(1) PCC Library.....select Online Resources.....Internet Resources....Health and Medicine. 
(2)
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome online.

Tip Sheet #21 (April 2006)
Prepared by the Library Team, Pueblo Community College, 900 West Orman Avenue, Pueblo, CO 81004

 

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