BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy – Reading List
The following are an indication of the recommended reading to support lead lectures and
seminars during Year One of the BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy programme. We do not recommend
that you buy these before starting the programme as there are diverse ways of learning and
different books will appeal to different people.
There is a comprehensive list of further reading in the course documents and module
handbooks which are available when you start the programme.
Atkinson, K., Coutts, F. and Hassenkamp, A-M. (2011) Physiotherapy in orthopaedics - a problem
solving approach. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Jenkins, D.B. (2009) Hollinshead’s Functional Anatomy of the Limbs and Back.9th ed. London:
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Saunders.
Porter, S. (2002) The Anatomy Workbook. 2nd ed London: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Pryor, J.A. and Prasad, S.A (2008) Physiotherapy for respiratory and cardiac problems. 5th ed.
Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Spector, T.D. and Axford, J.S. (1999) Introduction to General Pathology.4th ed Edinburgh:
Churchill Livingstone.
Stone, R.J. and Stone, J.A. (2012) Atlas of the Skeletal Muscles.7th ed. London: McGraw Hill.
Floyd, R.T. and Thompson, R.T. (2015) Manual of Structural Kinesiology. 17th ed. Mc Graw Hill.
E Books available via the library search.
Biddle, S. and Mutrie, N. (2008) Psychology of Physical Activity: Determinants, Well-being and
Interventions. London: Routledge.
Hamill, J. and Knutzen, K. (2009) Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement. 3rd ed. London:
Lippincott and Williams.
Marcus, B.H. (2009) Motivating People to be Physically Active. London: Human Kinetics.
Patestas, M.A. and Gartner, L.P. (2006) A Textbook of Neuroanatomy. Oxford: Blackwell
Publishing.
Palastanga, N., Field, D. and Soames, R. (2012) Anatomy and Human Movement. 6th ed. London:
Butterworth Heinemann.
Petty, N. (2013) Neuromusculoskeletal examination and assessment: a handbook for therapists.
4th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone
Porter S. (2008) Tidy's Physiotherapy. 15th ed. London: Butterworth-
