It was to the author’s delight that the medical and scientific communities have so warmly received his previous two books, also published by Springer, on the subjects of orthopaedic trauma and orthopaedic principles. The current text summarises the many conceptual and technological advances in the field of orthopaedic rehabilitation that the trainee surgeons will be eager to know. It breaks away from the traditional “cookbook”- like approach detailing “standard protocols” from one or two centres, but rather places stress on a basic understanding of the subject matter, not only in an evidence-based manner, but also by looking at each particular subject from various viewpoints
