Newly updated, this full-color resource offers a systematic approach to performing a neuromusculoskeletal assessment with rationales for various aspects of the assessment. This comprehensive text covers every joint of the body, head and face, gait, posture, emergency care, the principles of assessment, and preparticipation evaluation. The latest edition of this core text is the essential cornerstone in the new four-volume musculoskeletal rehabilitation series.
Thorough, evidence-based content provides the information and detail you need to select the best diagnostic tests.
Extensively updated information incorporates the latest research and most current practices.
Case Studies help you apply what you learn from the book to real life situations.
Tables and boxes throughout the text organize and summarize important information and highlight key points.
Chapter Summaries review the assessment procedures for each chapter to help you find important information quickly.
Case Histories in each chapter demonstrate assessment skills to help you apply them in practice.
Reliability and validity of tests and techniques included throughout help you choose assessment methods supported by current evidence.
A new full-color design clearly demonstrates assessment methods, a variety of tests, and causes of pathology.
A Companion CD-ROM with all of the references from the text linked to MedLine abstracts reinforces concepts from the book.
Primary Care Assessment chapter includes the latest information on the constantly evolving state of physical therapy practice.
Includes the most current information on the assessment of the cervical spine, hip, posture, and foot and ankle to keep you up to date on current methods of practice.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
OK:
Packing worst corner broken
Watch when you pack. Book loose move in the box. It is delevery to Canada.
Not what I was looking for:
Orthopedic Physical Assessment Enhanced Edition I was looking for a book that would define orthopedic abbreviations for me and would tell me the normals of orthopedic ROM tests, names and definitions of orthopedic tests used in examination, etc. This book was not it.
Comprehensive and yet never dull:
The first time I saw this book in the hands of an US exchange student, I became jealous. Everything I had learned as a fourth year pt student on diagnostic assessment was in there and more. I just had to have it. From details of observation to validity of test procedures, it is all there, even the more obscure and rarely used tests. In combination with lots of drawings (albeit not very detailed), x-rays, and pictures, everything you ever could want to know is available. And it is well written, compact but... more info
Great resource!:
This book is a great resource for tests and measures with easy to find sections with clear instructions and lots of pictures!!
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