Netter’s Orthopaedic Clinical Examination: An Evidence-Based Approach, 4th Edition

Get the most clinically significant information from each physical examination with an evidence-based approach to orthopaedic assessment. This fourth edition helps you apply best practices and focus on examination techniques, tests, and measures proven to yield meaningful diagnostic findings. Classic Netter artwork and anatomy/biomechanics tables provide a handy overview of anatomy and pathophysiology, connecting clinical examination with the structures you assess.

Key benefits

• Choose tests with evidence in mind: Evaluate the effectiveness of available clinical tests and review recent studies quickly to determine which test best predicts a specific diagnosis.
• Strengthen your anatomical understanding: Netter images and discussions of anatomy and biomechanics enhance your understanding of the orthopaedic anatomy and pathology of each joint.
• Review evidence at a glance: A Summary and Recommendations table in each chapter brings together the available clinical evidence for efficient reference.
• Recognize higher-quality research: An assessment of study quality (QUADAS) appendix and study-quality icons highlight top-quality studies and help explain why some studies were included and others omitted.
• Identify more reliable approaches: A scale added to the reliability tables makes it easier to focus on approaches and tests with the highest reliability.
• Navigate concepts and examinations more easily: Concise tables clarify terminology, statistics, and equations, while the content follows the structure of a clinical orthopaedic examination.

Who this is for

For readers who perform or study clinical orthopaedic examinations and want to use research evidence to guide test selection, assess reliability, and interpret diagnostic findings.

Details

• Authors: Joshua Cleland, Shane Koppenhaver, Jonathan Su
• Edition: 4th
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Brand: Orthopedics Library
• Published date: December 3, 2020
• Pages: 674
• ISBN: 9780323695343, 0323695345

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