Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 7th Edition

NEW EDITION!

Updated and revised, this is a comprehensive guide to selecting diagnostic tests for accurate musculoskeletal assessment and covers everything from anatomy to clinical application. Topics include the principles of assessment, all peripheral and spinal joints including the head and face, gait, posture, primary care, the amputee, and emergency sports assessment.

New and important features:

•Updated information in all chapters including new special tests, along with photos, line drawings, boxes, tables, and references
•Updated information on concussion management
•Additional case studies, based on scenarios one might come across, to help you develop assessment and diagnostic skills using information from the chapter
•Includes new video clips to demonstrate special tests and provide a clearer understanding of how to perform musculoskeletal assessment
•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
•Over 2500 full color illustrations
•Enhanced diagnostic ultrasound imaging section added to relevant chapters
• Updated psychometric tables for special tests list reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and + and - likelihood ratios when available
•Additional functional assessment forms (e-tools) have been incorporated into the ebook on Student Counsult
• A Summary of Assessment in each chapter serves as a review of assessment steps