Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists: Screening for Referral, 6th Edition provides a step-by-step approach to screening for systemic disease and medical conditions that can mimic neuromuscular and musculoskeletal problems. It describes both red flags and yellow flags, so you can recognize the signs and symptoms for conditions outside the scope of physical therapy practice. This edition includes new information on women's health issues. Written by experienced PT practitioner Catherine Cavallaro Goodman, this book helps you determine whether a client's symptoms require physical therapy or physician referral.

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.