[Book Description]

The authors of Evaluation Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries now bring you a user-friendly, quick-reference guide to the methouds of assessing an athlete's injuries. Starting with Evaluation Maps for each of the 15 body regions, Chad Starkey and Jeff Ryan provide a well-organized presentation of the relevant siklls required to perform a comprehensive clinical orthopedic and athletic injury examination.
Taking the user through the evaluative procedures for palpation, range of motion, neurologic, ligamentous, and special tests, this resource has a place in classrooms, laboratories, clinical settings, and professional practice.


[Contents]

1. The Injury Evaluation Process
2. Injury Nomenclature
3. Assessment of Posture
4. The Foot and Toes
5. The Ankle and Lower Leg
6. The Knee
7. The Patellofemoral Articulation
8. The Pelvis and Thigh
9. Evaluation of Gait
10. The Thorax and Lumbar Spine
11. The Cervical Spine
12. The Thorax and Abdomen
13. The Shoulder and Upper Arm
14. The Elbow and Forearm
15. The Wrist, Hand, and Fingers
16. The Eye
17. The Face and Related Stuctures
18. Head and Neck Injuries
19. Environmental Injury
20. Cardiopulmonary Conditions
21. Skin Conditions

Appendix A: Reflex Testing
Appendix B: Assessment of Muscle Length
Appendix C: Functional Testing of the Lower Extremity

Index