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A practical approach to musculoskeletal medicine: assessment, diagnosis and treatment /

Atkins, Elaine

A practical approach to musculoskeletal medicine: assessment, diagnosis and treatment / Elaine Atkins, Emily Goodlad and Sharon Chan-Braddock. - 5th ed. - Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024. - xvii, 550 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

202302 Previous ed.: 2015.

SECTION 1 PRINCIPLES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE Introduction to Section1 -- 1. Clinical Reasoning in Musculoskeletal Medicine -- 2. Soft Tissues of the Musculoskeletal System -- 3. Soft Tissue Healing -- 4. Musculoskeletal Medicine Treatment Techniques -- SECTION 2 PRACTICE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE Introduction to Section 2 -- 5. The Shoulder -- 6. The Elbow -- 7. The Wrist and Hand -- 8. The Cervical Spine -- 9. The Thoracic Spine -- 10. The Hip -- 11. The Knee -- 12. The Ankle and Foot -- 13. The Lumbar Spine -- 14. The Sacroiliac Joint -- SECTION 3: PRACTICAL RESOURCES Appendix 1: Assessment Tools: Star Diagrams Proforma for Lumbar Spine Assessment -- Appendix 2: Safety Recommendations -- Appendix 3 :Course Information

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--Wounds and injuries--Physical therapy
Musculoskeletal Development
Musculoskeletal System