cover image - Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780443128646
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 1328
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $144.99

Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 8th Edition

by Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, SCS, MEd, ATC, CSCS and David J. Magee, BPT, PhD, CM

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cover image - Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780443128646
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 1328
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $144.99
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Help your students learn how to assess for musculoskeletal pathology! Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 8th Edition, covers the principles of musculoskeletal assessment for all of the body’s structures and joints, emphasizing examination, evaluation, and differential diagnosis. Other assessment topics range from gait and posture to amputees and sports emergencies. Included with purchase of the print book are hundreds of online video clips demonstrating special diagnostic tests. Part of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation series, this reference uses a systematic, evidence-based approach to prepare students for success in clinicals, board exams, and in rehabilitation practice.
    • NEW! Expanded content on assessing for strength and for range of motion is added to this edition.
    • NEW! Revised concussion management protocols are included in this edition.
    • NEW! Many new special tests are added throughout the book.
    • Enhanced eBook version — included with every new print purchase — allows students to access all of the text, figures, references, and reliability and validity tables, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Plus, video clips demonstrate special tests to provide a clearer understanding of how to perform musculoskeletal assessment.
    • More than 2,500 illustrations include full-color clinical photographs and drawings as well as radiographs, clearly depicting key concepts, assessment techniques, and special tests.
    • Case studies use real-world scenarios to help students develop assessment and diagnostic skills.
    • Quick-reference data includes hundreds of summary boxes, red flag and yellow flag signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis tables, new illustrated tables demonstrating methods to measure range of motion and manual muscle testing, muscle and nerve tables, and classification, normal values, and grading tables.
    • At-a-glance icons show the clinical utility of special tests, supplemented by updated, evidence-based reliability and validity tables for tests and techniques.
    • Précis (Summary) of Assessment in each chapter provides a step-by-step summary of assessment procedures, serving as a quick reference of assessment steps for the structure or joint being assessed.
    • A part of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation series — Pathology and Interventions, 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.
    • Educator resources on the Evolve companion website include a test bank and PowerPoint® slides.
    • NEW! Increased content on range of motion assessment and strength assessment is added to this edition.
    • NEW! Updated content on concussion management is included in this edition.
    • NEW! Many new special tests are added throughout the book.
  • 1. Principles and Concepts
    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, Ankle, and Foot
    14. Assessment of Gait
    15. Assessment of Posture
    16. Assessment of the Amputee
    17. Primary Care Assessment
    18. Emergency Sports Assessment
  • Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, SCS, MEd, ATC, CSCS, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA and David J. Magee, BPT, PhD, CM, Professor
    Department of Physical Therapy
    Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
    University of Alberta
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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