- Photographs and illustrations demonstrate various techniques to help you better understand positioning, stabilization, and common substitutions.
- Chapters follow a logical progression from muscle testing to sensory testing to gait assessment, making the learning process clear.
- Chapters on dynamometry, sensory examination, neurologic examination, and gait provide you with additional need-to-know information on these key topics.
Mastering the art of manual muscle and sensory testing is the first step on your path to becoming a physical therapist (PT). This easy-to-follow, logically organized resource includes an overview of muscle strength assessment and precise anatomic testing techniques for upper extremities, lower extremities, and head, neck, and trunk; functional muscle tests; tests for mental status, cranial nerves, and superficial reflexes; and use of observational gait analysis as a screening tool.
Photographs of testing procedures, line drawings of various innervations, and video clips showing manual muscle testing procedures augment your understanding of this important skill area.
Key Features
- Photographs and illustrations demonstrate various techniques to help you better understand positioning, stabilization, and common substitutions.
- Chapters follow a logical progression from muscle testing to sensory testing to gait assessment, making the learning process clear.
- Chapters on dynamometry, sensory examination, neurologic examination, and gait provide you with additional need-to-know information on these key topics.
| ISBN | 9780323596282 |
|---|---|
| Product Format | Book |
| Publication Date | 2020 |
| Author Information | By Nancy Berryman Reese, PhD, PT, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR |
| Table of Content | 1. Introduction to Muscle Strength Testing 2. Techniques of Manual Muscle Testing: Upper Extremity 3. Techniques of Manual Muscle Testing: Head, Neck, and Trunk 4. Techniques of Manual Muscle Testing: Lower Extremity 5. Techniques of Functional Muscle Testing 6. Techniques of Pediatric Muscle Testing 7. Hand-held Dynamometry for Muscle Testing 8. Techniques of the Sensory Examination 9. Techniques of the Remainder of the Neurologic Examination: Coordination, Mental Status, Cranial Nerves, and Superficial Reflexes 10. Observational Gait Analysis as a Screening Tool Appendix A: Average Joint Ranges of Motion Appendix B: Muscle Innervations by Spinal Cord Level Appendix C: Muscle Innervations by Peripheral Nerve Index |
| Publication Date | 02-06-2020 |
| Pages | 646 |
| Trim | 276 x 216 (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) |
| Stock Status | In Stock |
| deltacomm1code | Books |
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