Physiotherapy Competency Examination
Key Reference List
MARCH 2022
ACUTE CARE
Paz JC, West MP, Panasci K, Greenwood KC. Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists. 5th ed. St.
Louis: Elsevier; 2020.
CARDIORESPIRATORY
Frownfelter D, Dean E, editors. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice. 6th
ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Mosby; 2023.
Hillegass E. Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2017.
Reid WD, Chung F, Hill K. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy: Management and Case Studies. 2nd ed.
Thorofare: Slack; 2014.
EXERCISE THERAPY
American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 10th ed.
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2018.
Brody LT, Hall CM. Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Toward Function. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer;
2018.
Moore GE, Durstine JL, Painter PL, editors. ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic
Diseases and Disabilities. 4th ed. Champaign: Human Kinetics; 2016.
Thompson WR, editor. ACSM’s Clinical Exercise Physiology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2019.
GENERAL PHYSIOTHERAPY
Boissonnault WG, Vanwye WR. Primary Care for the Physical Therapist: Examination and Triage. 3rd ed.
St. Louis: Elsevier; 2021.
Goodman CC, Fuller KS, editors. Goodman and Fuller’s Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist.
5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2021.
O’Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ, Fulk GD. Physical Rehabilitation. 7th ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis; 2019.
GERIATRICS
Avers D, Wong RA. Guccione’s Geriatric Physical Therapy. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2020.
INTRODUCTORY PHYSIOTHERAPY
Dutton M. Dutton’s Introduction to Physical Therapy and Patient Skills. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill;
2021.
Fairchild SL, O’Shea RK, Washington RD. 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. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins; 2015.
Bellew JW, Michlovitz, SL, Nolan TP Jr. Michlovitz’s Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention. 6th ed.
Philadelphia: F.A. Davis; 2016.
Cameron MH. Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice. 5th ed. St
Louis: Elsevier Saunders; 2018.
NEUROLOGY
Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases. 2nd ed. Sunderland: Sinauer; 2010.
Carr J, Shepherd R. Neurological Rehabilitation: Optimizing Motor Performance. 2nd ed. Edinburgh:
Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2010.
Lazaro RT, Reina-Guerra SG, Quiben MU. Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation. 7th ed. St Louis:
Elsevier; 2020.
Shumway-Cook A, Woollacott MH. Motor Control: Translating Research into Clinical Practice. 5th ed.
Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2017.
ORTHOPAEDICS
Brukner P, Clarsen B, Cook J, Cools, A, Crossley K, Hutchinson M, et al. 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. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-
Hill; 2020.
Frontera WR, Silver JK, Rizzo TD Jr. Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Musculoskeletal
Disorders, Pain, and Rehabilitation. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2019.
Jull G, Moore A, Falla D, Lewis J, McCarthy C, Sterling M, editors. Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapy. 4th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier; 2015.
Kisner C, Colby LA, Borstad J. Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques. 7th ed. Philadelphia:
F.A. Davis; 2018.
Magee DJ, Manske RC. Orthopedic Physical Assessment. 7th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2021.
Magee DJ, Zachazewski JE, Quillen WS, Manske RC. Pathology and Intervention in Musculoskeletal
Rehabilitation. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2016.
GENERAL RESOURCES
Heart and Stroke Foundation. Evidence Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation. 19th ed. London, ON:
Heart & Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery; 2018. [cited 2021 Oct 12].
Available from: http://www.ebrsr.com/.
Merck Manual Professional Version [Internet]. New Jersey: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.; 2017 [cited
2021 Oct 12]. Available from: https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional.
Rehabilitation Measures Database [webpage on the Internet]. Chicago: Shirley Ryan Ability Lab; 2021
[cited 2021 Oct 12]. Available from: https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures.
Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence (SCIRE) Professional [homepage on the Internet]. Vancouver: The
SCIRE Project; 2021 [cited 2021 Oct 12]. Available from: https://scireproject.com/.
World Health Organization. Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and Health: ICF
(The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health). Geneva: World Health
Organization; 2002 [cited 2021 Oct 12]. Available from
https://www.who.int/classifications/icf/icfbeginnersguide.pdf?ua=1.
World Health Organization. How to use the ICF: A Practical Manual for using the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013 [cited
2021 Oct 12]. Available from https://www.who.int/classifications/drafticfpracticalmanual.pdf.
PAEDIATRICS
Palisano RJ, Orlin MN, Schreiber J. Campbell’s Physical Therapy for Children. 5th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier;
2017.
Spearing EM, Pelletier ES, Drnach M. Tecklin’s Pediatric Physical Therapy. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins; 2022.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators, Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Code of Ethical
Conduct. Toronto: Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators; 2019 [cited 2021 Oct 12]. Available
from https://www.alliancept.org/download/12770.
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators. Core Standards of Practice for Physiotherapists in
Canada. Toronto: Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators; 2019 [cited 2021 Oct 12]. Available
from https://www.alliancept.org/download/13487.
Haddad A, Doherty R, Purtillo R. Health Professional and Patient Interaction. 9th ed. St Louis: Elsevier;
2019.
National Physiotherapy Advisory Group. Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada. Toronto:
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators; 2017 [Cited 2021 Oct 13]. Available from
https://physiotherapy.ca/sites/default/files/competency_profile_final_en.pdf.
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.
