Clinical Tests for the Musculoskeletal System
The mainstay of orthopedic diagnosis continues to be the physical examination of the patient following a thorough history. This convenient pocketbook presents a comprehensive collection of the clinical tests that are used in orthopedic diagnosis, thereby answering the following questions:
- What tests are available for examining a particular joint, and how are they to be interpreted?
- What is meant by the name of a test that is mentioned in the literature or in a physician's
report?
The methodology and interpretation of all relevant test procedures are presented in almost 500 instructive drawings and brief descriptions:
- Initial tests, - Functional tests,- Stress tests,- Stability tests
