**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Sports Medicine** Build your skills in the assessment of musculoskeletal pathology!
Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 7th Edition
covers the principles of assessment for all of the body’s structures and joints, including topics such as gait, posture, the head and face, amputees, primary care, and sports emergencies. The 7
th
edition offers additional functional assessment forms (e-tools), updated evidence-based reliability and validity tables, and hundreds of video clips
(included with print purchase)
demonstrating special tests on how to perform musculoskeletal assessment. Written by noted PT educators David J. Magee and Robert C. Manske, this reference uses a systematic, evidence-based approach to prepare you for success in clinicals, board exams, and in rehabilitation practice.
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 (Précis) 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.
Enhanced
Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging
section
added to applicable chapters, along with new photos and diagnostic images.
Updated psychometric tables for special tests
list reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and + and – likelihood ratios when available.
More case studies
present real-life scenarios to help you develop assessment and diagnostic skills using information from the chapter.
Additional
functional assessment forms (e-tools)
have been incorporated.
Video clips, included with print purchase,
demonstrate special tests
to give you a clearer understanding of how to perform musculoskeletal assessment.
NEW! Enhanced ebook version,
included with print purchase,
provides access to all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.