Orthopedic Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy: A Case Study Approach

Orthopedic Differential Diagnosis in Physical Therapy: A Case Study Approach
ISBN-10
0070412359
ISBN-13
9780070412354
Category
Medical / Diagnosis
Pages
453
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division
Authors
James Meadows, James T. S. Meadows

Description

Manual muscle testing is a cornerstone activity in physical and occupational therapy. Designed to complement, not supplement two existing tomes in the literature, this book presents information that is contained, but not readily accessible in the other two books. Each muscle or muscle group is presented on a two page spread. Each spread is chock full of information, containing a picture of the muscle test, step-by-step instructions for performing the test, the muscle's origin and insertion points, etc.

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