- Over 2,500 full-color illustrations and photographs depict key concepts, along with assessment techniques and special tests.
- At-a-glance icons show the clinical utility of special tests, supplemented by updated, evidence-based reliability and validity tables for tests and techniques
- Quick-reference data includes hundreds of summary boxes, red-flag and yellow-flag boxes, differential diagnosis tables, muscle and nerve tables, and classification, normal values, and grading tables.
- A Summary (Pr?cis) of Assessment in each chapter serves as a review of assessment steps.
- Combined with other books in the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation series - Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice, Pathology and Intervention, and Athletic and Sports Issues - this book provides you with the knowledge and background necessary to assess and treat musculoskeletal conditions. - NEW! Updated information in all chapters?includes new special tests, as well as photos, line drawings, boxes, tables, and references. - NEW!?Head and Face?chapter features?updated information on concussion management. - NEW!?Enhanced?Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging?section?added to applicable chapters, along with new photos and diagnostic images. - NEW!?Updated psychometric tables for special tests?list reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and + and - likelihood ratios when available. - NEW!?More case studies?present real-life scenarios to help you develop assessment and diagnostic skills using information from the chapter.
Table of Contents
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
Authors
David J. Magee ProfessorDepartment of Physical Therapy
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.