A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine : a Practical Approach

 Content: Front Cover; A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment; Copyright Page; Contents; About the authors; Foreword to the third edition; Foreword to the second edition; Preface; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Section 1: Principles of orthopaedic medicine; Introduction to Section 1; REFERENCES; Chapter 1. Clinical reasoning in orthopaedic medicine; REFERRED SYMPTOMS; SEGMENTAL REFERENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATION; HISTORY; INSPECTION; PALPATION; STATE AT REST; EXAMINATION BY SELECTIVE TENSION; PALPATION; REFERENCES. Chapter 2. Soft tissues of the musculoskeletal systemCONNECTIVE TISSUE; IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE; REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MUSCLE; NERVOUS TISSUE; BEHAVIOUR OF CONNECTIVE TISSUES TO MECHANICAL STRESS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Connective tissue inflammation, repair and remodelling; INFLAMMATORY PHASE; REPAIR PHASE; REMODELLING PHASE; FACTORS WHICH MAY AFFECT WOUND HEALING; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Orthopaedic medicine treatment techniques; MOBILIZATION; TRANSVERSE FRICTIONS; GRADED MOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES; PERIPHERAL GRADED MOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES; SPINAL GRADED MOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES. TRACTIONORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINE INJECTION TECHNIQUES; REFERENCES; Section 2: Practice of orthopaedic medicine; Introduction to Section 2; Chapter 5. The shoulder; ANATOMY; GUIDE TO SURFACE MARKING AND PALPATION; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; CAPSULAR LESIONS; NON-CAPSULAR LESIONS; SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; CONTRACTILE LESIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. The elbow; ANATOMY; GUIDE TO SURFACE MARKING AND PALPATION; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; CAPSULAR LESIONS; NON-CAPSULAR LESIONS; CONTRACTILE LESIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. The wrist and hand; ANATOMY. GUIDE TO SURFACE MARKING AND PALPATIONCOMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; CAPSULAR LESIONS; NON-CAPSULAR LESIONS; CONTRACTILE LESIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. The cervical spine; ANATOMY; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; CERVICAL LESIONS --
 A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF THREE CLINICAL MODELS; TREATMENT OF CERVICAL LESIONS; CERVICAL ARTERIAL DYSFUNCTION AND ASSESSMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. The thoracic spine; ANATOMY; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OF THORACIC LESIONS; THORACIC MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. The hip; ANATOMY; A GUIDE TO SURFACE MARKING AND PALPATION. COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATIONCAPSULAR LESIONS; NON-CAPSULAR LESIONS; CONTRACTILE LESIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. The knee; ANATOMY; A GUIDE TO SURFACE MARKING AND PALPATION; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; CAPSULAR LESIONS; NON-CAPSULAR LESIONS; CONTRACTILE LESIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12. The ankle and foot; ANATOMY; A GUIDE TO SURFACE MARKING AND PALPATION; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION; CAPSULAR LESIONS; NON-CAPSULAR LESIONS; CONTRACTILE LESIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. The lumbar spine; ANATOMY; LUMBAR SPINAL NERVES; DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE LUMBAR SPINE; COMMENTARY ON THE EXAMINATION.
 Abstract:             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 learn