Musculoskeletal Assessment: Joint Range of Motion and Manual Muscle Strength

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A comprehensive and useful text and reference book - By: , 20 Jan 2001
This book is well set out with very clear text & useful pictures. It will be a very useful adjunct to any physical placement/rotation & when working as an occupational therapist practitioner in a physical field. The book is divided into 9 chapters, the first being an introduction to principles & methods, & gives useful basic information which is good for reference & as a reminder. Chapters 2-8 concentrate on musculoskeletal assessment on different body parts (i.e. chapter 2 on Head, neck & trunk). For each major body part there is a section on surface anatomy with very clear photographs as a reference. The next section deals with assessment, & again photographs are used in addition to descriptions of how to assess particular muscles. The best thing about each section is a table that summarises muscle actions, attachments & nerve supply - invaluable for exam revision & preparation for practical assessments. The end of each section also includes a section on functional activities, which I found useful as a precursor to thinking about activity analysis. The final chapter (Chapter 9) is about relating treatment to assessment. I found this section a little dry & not as comprehensive as the rest of the book. Finallly, the appendices contain tables for recording information & assessments that could be used practicallly to record assessments & present the results professionallly.

I thought this was an excellent book, which would be reallly helpful on a physical placement & in addition to a basic anatomy text. It is spiral bound, which makes it easy to read & use in an assessment, but not very robust. The book is very comprehensive & straightforward, & will continue to be a useful reference when practicing as an occupational therapist in any area that requires physical assessment.

Rachael McDonald PhD Student (Occupational Therapy)

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