Brunnstrom's Clinical Kinesiology

Brunnstrom's Clinical Kinesiology
ISBN-10
0803679165
ISBN-13
9780803679160
Category
Medical
Pages
468
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
F A Davis Company
Authors
Laura K. Smith, Elizabeth Lawrence Weiss, L. Don Lehmkuhl

Description

Thorough review of the properties of bone, cartilage, ligaments, and fascia -- Broader coverage of muscle innervations and actions; applications of mechanical and physiological principles; agonist, antagonist, and synergistic relationships; and closed chain motion -- Each body region chapter emphasizes the kinesiologic issue best illustrated for that region, e.g., the knee chapter includes a section on functional interaction of muscles and ligaments -- Material on joints, ligaments, end-feels, and accessory joint motion, as well as innervation and anatomical actions of muscles -- Numerous illustrations have been added to support this easy-to-read text

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