Medicine Books

Book Features

• Author: David J. Magee PhD BPT
• Language: English
• ISBN10: 0721605710

Book Overview

>>>Newly updated, this complete-color resource presents a systematic approach to performing a neuromusculoskeletal assessment with rationales for various aspects of the assessment. This comprehensive text covers each and every joint of the body, head and face, gait, posture, emergency care, the principles of assessment, and preparticipation evaluation. The most recent edition of this core text is the important cornerstone in the new four-volume musculoskeletal rehabilitation series.

Thorough, evidence-based content supplies the data and detail you need to decide on the finest diagnostic tests.Extensively updated data incorporates the most recent investigation and most existing practices.Case Studies support you apply what you learn from the book to genuine life circumstances.Tables and boxes throughout the text organize and summarize important info and highlight key points.Chapter Summaries critique the assessment procedures for every chapter to support you locate critical information quickly.Case Histories in every single chapter demonstrate assessment expertise to aid you apply them in practice.

Reliability and validity of tests and strategies included throughout aid you decide on assessment strategies supported by present evidence.A new full-color design clearly demonstrates assessment strategies, a selection 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.Major Care Assessment chapter consists of the newest data on the continuously evolving state of physical therapy practice.Includes the most present details on the assessment of the cervical spine, hip, posture, and foot and ankle to retain you up to date on present methods of practice….