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By
Phillip Ebrall, PhD, Head of Department, Department of Chiropractic, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Description
Efficient and integrated, this text provides knowledge about approaching the manual assessment of the spine and its related articulations.
This information is presented in a clear and concise way, in order to make it suitable for students, while remaining relevant to current
practitioners. The content provides descriptions and discussions of a variety of observational and manual techniques of examination and
assessment, as well as guidance on recording and analyzing the findings to arrive at an appropriate working diagnosis. The illustrations,
which include line drawings, radiographs, and photographs, contribute to the reader's learning by providing helpful visual aides.
Audience
Chiropractic students (main market)
Students and practitioners of other groups concerned with the manual examination and assessment
of the spine ie orthopedic medicine, physical therapy, manual therapy, manual medicine, sports medicine, bodywork, podiatry
Contents
Preface-
Forewords
Part 1 Assessment principles and procedures
1. Process of assessment
2. The spinal
motion unit
3. The functional spinal lesion
4. Assessment of kinematic change
5. Assessment of connective tissue change
6.
Assessment of muscle change
7. Assessment of neural change
8. Assessment of vascular change
Part 2 Assessment of
the spine by region
9. The upper cervical spine
10. The mid-cervical spine
11. The cervicothoracic spine
12. The
mid-thoracic spine
13. The thoracolumbar spine
14. The lumbosacral spine and pelvis
Part 3 Documentation, patient
history and the diagnosis
15. The clinical record
16. The patient history
17. The process of diagnosis
References
Index
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 314 pages, publication date: APR-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07228-4
ISBN-10: 0-443-07228-0
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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