ISBN: 9780443103162 044310316X

Category: Medical / Allied Health Services / Physical Therapy

Page count: 186

This title is a comprehensive, highly illustrated atlas of human living and surface anatomy for effective physical examination of sports injuries. It covers normal surface and living human anatomy on a regional basis in sufficient depth to facilitate effective physical examination and manipulative techniques. Full colour photographs of anatomy and skeletal parts show how to locate and identify structures.<ul> <li>Detailed methodology on how to locate structures, how to palpate them, how to test muscle actions and joint movements and how to detect derangements.</li> <li>The inclusion of photographs of relevant bony structures and prosections of specific parts of the body to assist in identifying features in the living subject is a unique feature.</li> <li>Problem-solving case studies employing knowledge of living anatomy.</li> <li>Full colour throughout.</li></ul>