Build your musculoskeletal assessment skills with a full-color, evidence-based reference that connects basic science with clinical applications and special tests. Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 6th Edition explains the rationale behind assessment methods and covers every joint of the body, alongside principles of assessment, gait, posture, the head and face, the amputee, primary care, and emergency sports assessment. Detailed artwork, photographs, and assessment descriptions help you understand methods, tests, and causes of pathology.
Key benefits
- Develop a thorough assessment foundation: Explore an evidence-based review of orthopedic physical assessment, with updated information in every chapter reflecting the research and accepted practices presented in this edition.
- See assessment techniques clearly: Study 2,400 illustrations, including full-color clinical photographs, drawings, and radiographs that depict key concepts, assessment techniques, and special tests. This edition includes new photographs, line drawings, boxes, and tables.
- Make better-informed test selections: Icons highlight the clinical utility of special tests, while evidence-based reliability and validity tables on the Evolve site explain the diagnostic strength of tests and techniques to help you select proven assessments.
- Review essential information quickly: Each chapter ends with a Summary (Précis) of Assessment outlining assessment steps for the relevant structure or joint. Hundreds of at-a-glance summary boxes, red-flag and yellow-flag boxes, differential diagnosis tables, muscle and nerve tables, and classification, normal-value, and grading tables support quick reference.
- Apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios: Case studies help develop assessment and diagnostic skills. Used alongside Pathology and Intervention, Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice, and Athletic and Sport Issues in the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation series, this book provides clinicians with the knowledge and background needed to assess and treat musculoskeletal conditions.
- Extend learning with online tools introduced in this edition: The text’s described online resources include video clips demonstrating selected movements and musculoskeletal assessment tests, downloadable and printable patient assessment forms from the text, and text references linked to MEDLINE® abstracts for further journal-article review.
Who this is for
For learners developing musculoskeletal assessment skills and clinicians seeking a thorough orthopedic assessment reference. Its combination of assessment rationales, visual demonstrations, case studies, and quick-reference material supports both structured study and review of clinical assessment methods.
Details
- Format: Original PDF from Publisher
- Edition: 6th
- Author: David J. Magee, BPT, PhD, CM
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Brand / library: Orthopedics Library
- Published date: 2013-12-04
- Pages: 1184
- ISBN: 9781455709779, 1455709778
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