Atlas of Living & Surface Anatomy for Sports Medicine with DVD
- 1st Edition - March 27, 2008
- Latest edition
- Authors: Philip F. Harris, Craig Ranson
- Language: English
This title is a comprehensive, highly illustrated atlas of human living and surface anatomy for effective physical examination of sports injuries. It covers normal surface and… Read more
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This title is a comprehensive, highly illustrated atlas of human living and surface anatomy for effective physical examination of sports injuries. It covers normal surface and living human anatomy on a regional basis in sufficient depth to facilitate effective physical examination and manipulative techniques. Full colour photographs of anatomy and skeletal parts show how to locate and identify structures.
- Detailed methodology on how to locate structures, how to palpate them, how to test muscle actions and joint movements and how to detect derangements.
- The inclusion of photographs of relevant bony structures and prosections of specific parts of the body to assist in identifying features in the living subject is a unique feature.
- Problem-solving case studies employing knowledge of living anatomy.
- Full colour throughout.
All professionals who encounter sports injuries in the course of their daily practice. Specialists in Sports Medicine; Orthopaedic specialists, doctors in A&E medicine, GP’s who treat sport injuries, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors.
1 Head and Neck
2. Back and Spine
3. Trunk and Groin
4. Shoulder and Arm
5. Elbow and Forearm
6. Wrist and Hand
7. Hip, Gluteal Region, and Thigh
8. Knee
9. Leg and Ankle
10. Foot
Answers to clinical problems
Index
"I would recommend this as an addition to the library of any practitioner or student of sports medicine."Physical Therapy in Sport 10 (2009) 38
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 2, 2016
- Language: English
PH
Philip F. Harris
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, University of Manchester, UKCR
Craig Ranson
Presently submitting for PhD Physiotherapy co-ordinator for the England & Wales Cricket Board, previously physiotherapist for the Derbyshire Cricket Club.
Affiliations and expertise
England and Wales Cricket Board Lead Physiotherapist. Special Lecturer, Centre for Sports Medicine, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, UK