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Lower Limb Anatomy, Palpation & Surface Markings

  • 1st Edition - May 13, 2008
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Derek Field, Jane Owen Hutchinson
  • Language: English

Podiatry students and practitioners all need to know palpation skills, but previously have struggled to find the information they need in book form. Here is the answer: the bones,… Read more

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Podiatry students and practitioners all need to know palpation skills, but previously have struggled to find the information they need in book form. Here is the answer: the bones, joints, muscles, nerves, arteries and veins of the lower limb are described and at the end of the chapters are review questions to test your knowledge. LOWER LIMB ANATOMY, PALPATION & SURFACE MARKINGS helps you identify, understand and palpate structures through an intact skin and aids all practitioners and students in the assessment and diagnosis of conditions using manual contact techniques, relating palpation to surface markings and anatomy. Accurate location and palpation of surface structures is an essential skill for podiatrists and lower limb specialists: here is an invaluable resource to help acquire that skill.

Key features

  • Introductory chapter on the principles and practice of palpation
  • High quality photographs showing surface anatomy accompanied by clear drawings depicting corresponding structures below the surface
  • Explanatory text detailing practical skills
  • Full colour throughout
  • Review questions at the end of each chapter

Readership

Podiatry students and practitioners

Table of contents

Foreword

Chapter1. Palpation: principles and practiceSome definitions and conceptsPalpation: some definitionsGeneral characteristics of palpationTouchSome general CharacteristicsThe physiology of touchThe social significance of touchTouch and clinical practice Effects of palpation ont he patientPatient and personThe consultation processTechniques of palpationImproving the art of PalpationCare of the handsPalpation of different tissuesSummaryChapter 2. BonesThe lumbar spine and pelvisThe thoracic outlet The pelvic girdleThe lumbar vertebraeThe sacrumThe coccyxThe hip regionThe knee regionThe lower end of the tibiaThe lower end of the fibulaThe talusThe calcaneusThe footDorsal aspectPlantar aspectSelf-assessment questions

Chapter 3. JointsThe lumbar spine The pelvisThe pubic symphysisThe sacroiliac jointThe hip jointThe knee jointThe tibiofibular unionThe superior tibiofibular (subtalar) jointThe inferior tibiofibular jointThe ankle jointThe footThe talocalcaneal (subtalar) jointThe talocalcaneonavicular jointThe calcaneocuboid jointThe cubiodeonavicular jointThe midtarsal jointThe cuneonavicular and intercuneiform jointsThe tarsometatarsal jointsThe intermetatarsal jointsThe medtatarsophalangeal jointsThe interphalangeal jointsSelf assessment questions

Chapter 4. MusclesThe anterior aspect of the hipGluteus medius, gluteus minimus and tensor fasciae lataeLliopsoas and pectineusThe posterior aspect of the hip and thigh Gluteus masimusThe hamstringsThe anterior and medial aspects of the thighThe adductors and quadriceps femoris SartoriusThe anterior and lateral aspects of the leg and footPopliteusTriceps surae (calf)Plantar musclesSelf-assessment questions

Chapter 5. NervesSelf assessment questionsChapter 6. Arteries Self-assessment questionsChapter 7. VeinsThe deep veinsThe superficial veinsThe great (long) saphenous veinsThe small (short) saphenous veinSelf-assessment questionsReferencesIndex

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 23, 2008
  • Language: English

About the authors

DF

Derek Field

Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Vice Principal, North London School of Physiotherapy, City University, London, UK

JH

Jane Owen Hutchinson

Affiliations and expertise
Manager, Allied Health Professions Support Service, Royal National Institute of Blind People, London, UK

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