Orthopedic Physical Assessment

**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 7th 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 testsAt-a-glance icons show the clinical utility of special tests, supplemented by updated, evidence-based reliability and validity tables for tests and techniquesQuick-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 tablesA Summary (Précis) of Assessment in each chapter serves as a review of assessment stepsCombined 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 conditionsNEW! Updated information in all chapters includes new special tests, as well as photos, line drawings, boxes, tables, and referencesNEW! Head and Face chapter features updated information on concussion managementNEW! Enhanced Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging section added to applicable chapters, along with new photos and diagnostic imagesNEW! Updated psychometric tables for special tests list reliability, sensitivity, specificity, and + and – likelihood ratios when availableNEW! More case studies present real-life scenarios to help you develop assessment and diagnostic skills using information from the chapterNEW! Additional functional assessment forms (e-tools) have been incorporatedNEW! Video clips, included with print purchase, demonstrate special tests to give you a clearer understanding of how to perform musculoskeletal assessmentNEW! 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 Read more