ISBN:
9780323239790
Copyright:
2014
Publication Date:
12-06-2013
Page Count:
1184
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$118.99
Orthopedic Physical Assessment - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
by David J. Magee, BPT, PhD, CM
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780323239790
Copyright:
2014
Publication Date:
12-06-2013
Page Count:
1184
Imprint:
Saunders
List Price:
$118.99
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Newly updated, this full-color text offers a rich array of features to help students develop their musculoskeletal assessment skills. Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 6th Edition provides students and clinicians with rationales for various aspects of assessment and covers every joint of the body, as well as specific topics including principles of assessment, gait, posture, the head and face, the amputee, primary care, and emergency sports assessment. Artwork and photos with detailed descriptions of assessments clearly demonstrate assessment methods, tests, and causes of pathology. The text also comes with an array of online learning and teaching tools, including video clips demonstrating assessment tests, test bank, PowerPoint slides, assessment forms, and more.
Newer Edition Available
Orthopedic Physical Assessment - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9780323550703
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- NEW! Online teaching and learning resources include video clips, test bank, PowerPoint® slides, assessment forms, text references with links to MEDLINE® abstracts and downloadable content.
- NEW! Video clips demonstrate examples of joint assessments based on specific pathology
- NEW! Test bank questions better prepare students for the musculoskeletal portion of the board examinations.
- NEW! PowerPoint lecture slides offer instructors a starting point when preparing for a lecture.
- NEW! Text references linked to MEDLINE abstracts provide easy access to abstracts of journal articles for further review.
- NEW! Forms from the text with printable patient assessment forms can be downloaded for ease of use.
- NEW! Updated information in all chapters includes new photos, line drawings, boxes, and tables.
- NEW! The use of icons to show the clinical utility of special tests supplemented by evidence - based reliability & validity tables for tests & techniques on the Evolve site
- Thorough, evidence-based review of orthopedic physical assessment provides the information and detail you need to understand and apply essential neuromuscular assessment methods.
- 2,400 illustrations include full-color clinical photographs and drawings as well as radiographs, depicting key concepts along with assessment techniques and special tests.
- The latest research and most current practices keep students up to date on accepted practices.
- Evidence-based reliability and validity tables for tests and techniques on the EVOLVE site provide information on the diagnostic strength of each test and helps students and clinicians in selecting proven assessment tests.
- A Summary (Précis) of Assessment at the end of each chapter serves as a quick review of assessment steps for the structure or joint being assessed.
- Quick-reference data includes hundreds of at-a-glance summary boxes, red-flag and yellow-flag boxes, differential diagnosis tables, muscle and nerve tables, and classification, normal values, and grading tables.
- Case studies use real-world scenarios to help students develop assessment and diagnostic skills.
- Combined with other books in the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation series — Pathology and Intervention, Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice, and Athletic and Sport Issues — this book provides students with the knowledge and background necessary to assess and treat musculoskeletal conditions.
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- NEW! Online resources include video clips, assessment forms, text references with links to MEDLINE® abstracts, and more.
- NEW! Video clips demonstrate selected movements and the performance of tests used in musculoskeletal assessment.
- NEW! Text references linked to MEDLINE abstracts provide easy access to abstracts of journal articles for further review.
- NEW! Forms from the text with printable patient assessment forms can be downloaded for ease of use.
- NEW! Updated information in all chapters includes new photos, line drawings, boxes, and tables.
- NEW! The use of icons to show the clinical utility of special tests supplemented by evidence - based reliability & validity tables for tests & techniques on the Evolve site.
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1. Principles and Concepts of Assessment
2. Head and Face
3. Cervical Spine
4. Temporomandibular Joint
5. Shoulder
6. Elbow
7. Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
8. Thoracic (Dorsal) Spine
9. Lumbar Spine
10. Pelvis
11. Hip
12. Knee
13. Lower leg, foot and ankle
14. Assessment of Gait
15. Assessment of Posture
16. Assessment of the Amputee
17. Primary Care Assessment
18. Emergency Sports Assessment
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