A practical approach to orthopaedic medicine: assessment, diagnosis, treatment

In the new third edition of this popular multidisciplinary text, Elaine Atkins, Jill Kerr and Emily Goodlad continue to advance the field of orthopaedic medicine. Always inspired by the work of Dr James Cyriax, this edition, renamed A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine, updates techniques and incorporates recent research discoveries into the text. There are also self assessment tasks to test your understanding of orthopaedic medicine on EVOLVE, an online electronic learning solution site designed to work alongside textbooks to stimulate clinical reasoning and to enhance learning.The introductory chapters deal with the principles of orthopaedic medicine, with the following chapters taking the clinician through the practice of orthopaedic medicine joint by joint.This volume includes:Substantially revised chaptersExtended evidence based commentaries underpinning indications and contraindications to treatment of spinal lesions and expanded critique of the treatment of peripheral joints including recent advances in the approach to tendinopathyClearly described and illustrated injection and manual techniquesNew page layout for easy navigationForwardby Monica KessonA Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine is a complete reference source that provides the most up-to-date principles and practice for students and postgraduate medical practitioners, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals, including podiatrists, osteopaths and sports therapists. It is essential reading. INDICE: SECTION 1 PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINE1 Clinical diagnosis2 Soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system3 Connective tissue inflammation, repair and remodelling4 Orthopaedic medicine treatment techniquesSECTION 2 PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINE5 The shoulder 6 The elbow7 The wrist and hand 8 The cervical spine 9 The thoracic spine 10 The hip 11 The knee12 The ankle and foot 13 The lumbar spine 14 The sacroiliac jointGlossaryAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3

• ISBN: 978-0-7020-3174-8
• Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 15/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés