Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment: A Handbook for Therapists (Physio...

Description: Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment: A Handbook for Therapists (Physiotherapy Essentials) Petty DPT MSc GradDipPhys FMACP FHEA, Nicola J. and Ryder MSc (Manipulative Therapy) MCSP MMACP PGCert (Learning & Teaching) FHEA, Dionne Product Overview Now in its fifth edition, this core textbook continues to provide a comprehensive, systematic guide to the examination, assessment and clinical reasoning processes needed by clinicians when managing patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Nicola Petty is joined by Dionne Ryder in editing this new edition, which also sees an expanded number of specialist clinicians and academics contributing individual chapters.Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment provides an invaluable guide to the technical and clinical reasoning skills involved in the differential diagnosis of joint, nerve and muscle tissues within a psychosocial model of health and illness. Three initial chapters outline the subjective and physical examination as well as the clinical reasoning process. Subsequent chapters provide details of the examination for each region of the body. This edition is designed for physiotherapy and musculoskeletal therapy students as they get to grips with contemporary clinical practice.Provides a logical, clinically reasoned and evidence-enhanced approach to patient examination and assessmentEmphasizes a patient-centred approachPresents key clinical concepts of leading therapists and researchers in the field of musculoskeletal therapyMany drawings and photographs visually demonstrate techniques while enhancing descriptions in the textClinical examples bring to life the clinical reasoning processAn emphasis on consideration of the patient’s perspective Reliability, validity, sensitivity and specificity of the physical tests are highlightedVascular considerations are included throughout the textReferences updated throughout Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier; 5th edition (October 5, 2017) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 74 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.75 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #3,172,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #484 in Physical Therapy (Books) Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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