Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians

Description

Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for rehabilitation professionals, with over 400 photographs and examples of techniques. It covers goniometry and manual muscle testing in a “head-to-toe” format, including updated information on newer technology. The book is organized into subdivisions for each area, making it easy to access information. It is an essential resource for students, instructors, and clinicians in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, orthopedics, and allied health.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 28 October 2022
Publisher: SLACK Incorporated

Newly updated, Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians,Second Edition is a comprehensive and descriptive quick reference guide for rehabilitation professionals, organized in a “head-to-toe” format. It includes over 400 photographs and is supplemented with concise and illustrative examples of various techniques. The new edition of this text maintains the original essence of the first edition while incorporating updated information to cater to new clinicians. Minor revisions, such as adding color to the headers and sections, enhance the reader’s ease of access to the topics.

An expanded appendix and up-to-date content address newer technology being used and developed in these areas of clinical evaluation.

In the Goniometry section, subdivisions are broken down into the type of joint, capsular pattern, average range of motion for each movement, patient positioning, goniometric alignment, patient substitutions, and alternative methods of measurement.

In the Manual Muscle Testing section, subdivisions are broken into the specific movement to be tested, average range of motion, prime movers of the movement, secondary movers of the movement, anti-gravity patient position, gravity-minimized patient position, stabilization and grades, substitutions for the movement, and points of interest for that particular muscle group.

Cram Session in Goniometry and Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians, Second Edition is an informative and well-organized handbook for all students, instructors, and clinicians in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, orthopedics, or any allied health professional who treats musculoskeletal disorders.

Dimension: 216 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781630919894
Edition number: 2 Revised edition