Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination

Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination

<div><B><I>Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination</I></B> has been used for 10 years by thousands of students, clinicians, and rehab professionals and is now available in a revised and updated third edition. Concise and pocket-sized, this handbook is an invaluable guide filled with the most current and practical clinical exam techniques used during an orthopedic examination.</div> <div> </div> <div><B><I>Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination, Third Edition</I></B> takes a user-friendly approach to visualizing and explaining more than 150 commonly used orthopedic special tests, including 11 new and modern tests. </div> <div> </div> <div>Readers benefit from the spiral, lay-flat binding and new <B>color</B> elements.  Clear and concise text is coupled with effective photographs, clearly labeled with directional arrows, to illustrate proper subject and clinician positioning and directional movement. </div> <div> </div> <div>Jeff G. Konin, Denise Wiksten, Jai Isear, and Holly Brader have organized <B><I>Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination, Third Edition</I></B> by regions of the body, allowing the reader to quickly and easily reference a particular test. </div> <div><p>Students, clinicians, and rehabilitation professionals alike will benefit from adding this classic text to their reference library today.</P></div> <UL type=disc> <LI>Eleven new tests, including the Dial Test, Lateral Scapular Slide Test, Crank Test, and Posterior Impingement Test.</LI> <LI>Descriptive text presented in a concise manner.</LI> <LI>Evidence-based references for each test.</LI> <LI>Detailed descriptions of each special test component: test positioning, action, and positive findings.</LI> <LI>Photographs illustrating the proper subject and clinician positioning, with <B>color arrows</B> used to depict proper force and direction for each test.</LI> <LI>User-friendly spiral, lay-flat binding.</LI> <LI>Positive results and special considerations identified for each test as they relate to the examination process.  </LI></UL> <div> </div> <p> </P>