Examination of Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries

I. Foundations of Examination
1. Examination Process
2. Examination and Management of Acute Pathologies
3. Evidence-Based Practice in the Examination Process
4. Injury Pathology
5. Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Techniques
6. Posture Assessment
7. Gait Evaluation

II. Lower Extremity Examination
8. Foot and Toe Pathologies
9. Lower Leg and Ankle Pathologies
10. Knee Pathologies
11. Patellofemoral Pathologies
12. Pelvis and Thigh Pathologies

III. Torso Examination
13. Lumbosacral Pathologies
14. Cervical and Thoracic Spine and Thorax Pathologies

IV. Upper Extremity Examination
15. Shoulder and Upper Arm Pathologies
16. Elbow and Forearm Pathologies
17. Wrist, Hand, and Finger Pathologies

V. Head Examination
18. Eye Pathologies
19. Face and Related Structure Pathologies
20. Head and Acute Cervical Spine Pathologies
Appendix A: Diagnostic Evidence References

The field’s standard resource brings you the most current knowledge through a superb combination of detailed illustrations and precise language to make even the most complicated concepts and techniques clear.

Organized by body region, each chapter begins with a review of anatomy and biomechanics; proceeds through clinical evaluation, pathologies, and related special tests; and concludes with a discussion of on-field or initial management of specific injuries.

An access code inside new, printed texts unlocks range-of-motion animations and review questions for every chapter online.

Key Features

• Conforming to or exceeding the National Athletic Training Educational Competencies
• Procedures for over 185 special, neurological, ligamentous, and range of motion tests, with distinctive boxes for each type of test, including goniometry, resisted range of motion and manual muscle tests, clinical tests, and special tests
• Precisely illustrated, step-by-step instructions for the correct position of patient and examiner, the evaluative procedure, positive test results, and implications
• “Evaluative Findings” boxes summarizing clinical findings for specific injuries or conditions
• “Practical Evidence Boxes” showing just-in-time uses of evidence
• “Observational Findings” boxes helping readers to identify specific conditions or injuries
• Unique palpation photographs with anatomical overlays to identify the underlying structure as well as tables of bony landmarks
• Assessments of the reliability of each test with grades that show the level of support from the available evidence

New to this edition

• Updated & Revised! Today’s most current information and best evidence-based practices
• Expanded! “Intervention Strategies,” for each condition, an overview of the approaches that can be used and serve as the foundation for integrating the diagnostic process with the subsequent interventions
• New! “Clinical Correlations” tables, visual representations of key clinical findings and their relationships to pathologies and the key clinical findings associated with the pathology, enabling students to identify which clinical tests may be used to develop the differential diagnosis
• Updated! Muscle test procedures with instructions on the use of hand-held dynamometry for more precise assessment of muscular strength than traditional muscle testing to enhance the process of obtaining precise, objective strength measurements during the evaluation process and, when possible, comparing those measurements with those assessed during manual muscle testing
• Updated! Information regarding the diagnostic accuracy of clinical testing, including additional representation of clinical prediction rules
• Expanded! Emphasis on integrating outcome measures into the examination process and connecting the outcomes to brief descriptions of the interventions used