Musculoskeletal Assessment: Joint Range of Motion, Muscle Testing, and Function

by Hazel Clarkson

Overview

Develop the skills needed to proficiently evaluate a patient’s present functional status and create effective range of motion and muscle strength goals.   This updated fourth edition of Hazel Clarkson’s Musculoskeletal Assessment: Joint Range of Motion, Muscle Testing, and Function: A Research-Based Practical Guide offers a straight forward student-friendly approach to learning the clinical evaluation of Joint Range of Motion (ROM), Muscle Length, and Manual Muscle Testing (MMT). Now in striking full color, the fourth edition provides the right amount of detail students need to prepare for effective practice.  Each chapter is devoted to a separate anatomical region to help Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists-in-training hone their understanding of pertinent surface and deep anatomy. The clear narrative outlines the steps taken in the assessment techniques and interpreting the results and is enhanced by a strong art program with meticulously created color illustrations and photographs that demonstrate patient and therapist positions and instrument placement. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975166304
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Health
Publication date:	07/20/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	58 MB
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Table of Contents

Section I Principles and Methods

                

                 1.    Principles and Methods

                 2.    Relating Treatment to Assessment

 

Section II Regional Evaluation Techniques

                

                 3.    Shoulder Complex

                 4.    Elbow and Forearm

                 5.    Wrist and Hand

                 6.    Hip

                 7.    Knee

                 8.    Ankle and Foot

                 9.    Head, Neck and Trunk

 

Section III Appendices

                

                 Appendix A:     Sample Numeric Recording Form: Range of Motion Assessment

                 Appendix B:     Sample Recording Form: Manual Muscle Strength Assessment

                 Appendix C:     Gait

                 Appendix D:     Summary of Patient Positioning for the Evaluation of Joint ROM, Muscle Length, and Muscle Strength

                 Appendix E:     Validity and Reliability of Selected Instruments Used to Measure Joint ROM

                 Index