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

ISBN-13: 9781556429972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 216 str.

PT Med PN Atc PT PN Lynn Van Ost

Opis

When all you need is a basic understanding of manual muscle testing. When concise and illustrative examples of manual muscle testing techniques will provide exactly what the rehabilitation professional needs, look to Cram Session in Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians for quick and "at your fingertips" facts.

Cram Session in Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians by Lynn Van Ost is a succinct and descriptive quick reference that provides the rehabilitation professional with a very basic approach to various manual muscle techniques. Organized in a "head to toe" format, Cram Session in Manual Muscle Testing: A Handbook for Students & Clinicians takes user-friendly and efficient learning to a new level.

What is in your "Cram Session"
- Photographs depicting each manual muscle testing technique
- Breakdown of each body region covered
- Sections include average range of motion, prime movers, accessory muscles, patient positioning, muscle grading for each movement and substitutions
- Over 200 photographs

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

Spis treści

SECTION I: NECK/UPPER EXTREMITIES
Neck
Scapula
Shoulder
Elbow
Forearm
Wrist
Fingers II to V
Thumb

SECTION II: TRUNK/LOWER EXTREMITIES
Trunk
Hip
Knee
Ankle
Great Toe
Toes II to V

APPENDICES
Appendix A: Key to Manual Muscle Grading
Appendix B: General Procedure for Manual Muscle Testing
Appendix C: Commonly Used Terms in Manual Muscle Testing
Appendix D: Factors That May Cause Inaccurate Muscle Testing

Bibliography
Index