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Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination

An Evidence-Based Approach

  • 3rd Edition - November 2, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Joshua Cleland, Shane Koppenhaver, Jonathan Su
  • Language: English

With its unique combination of classic Netter artwork, exam photos and videos, and rigorous evidence-based approach, Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination, 3rd Edition, hel… Read more

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With its unique combination of classic Netter artwork, exam photos and videos, and rigorous evidence-based approach, Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination, 3rd Edition, helps you get the most clinically significant information from every orthopaedic examination. This new edition, by Drs. Joshua Cleland, Shane Koppenhaver, and Jonathan Su, allows you to quickly review the reliability and diagnostic utility of musculoskeletal physical exams and make it easier to incorporate evidence into your clinical decision making.

Key features

  • Extremely user-friendly and well organized
    • , this unique text walks you through the anatomy and clinical exam, then critically reviews all literature for given diagnostic tests.

  • A tabular format

    •  provides quick access to test reliability and diagnostic utility, study quality, anatomy and biomechanics, and summary recommendations for applying evidence in practice.

  • Quality ratings for 269 studies

    • , investigating a test’s reliability using the 11-item Quality Appraisal of Diagnostic Reliability Checklist.

  • Evidence-based approach

    •  helps you focus on the effectiveness of the clinical tests available and review recent studies quickly to determine which test will best predict a specific diagnosis.

Table of contents

1. The Reliability and Diagnostic Utility of the Orthopaedic Clinical Examination

2. Temporomandibular Joint

3. Cervical Spine

4. Thoracolumbar Spine

5. Sacroiliac Region

6. Hip and Pelvis

7. Knee

8. Foot and Ankle

9. Shoulder

10. Elbow and Forearm

11. Hand

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 2, 2015
  • Language: English

About the authors

JC

Joshua Cleland

Joshua Cleland, PT, DPT, PhD, Professor, Physical Therapy Program, Franklin Pierce University, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Franklin Pierce University, Physical Therapy Program, Manchester, NH, USA

SK

Shane Koppenhaver

Shane Koppenhaver, PT, PhD, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Specialist Corps, Associate Professor, US Army, Baylor University Doctoral Physical Therapy Program, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Affiliations and expertise
Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Specialist Corps, Associate Professor, US Army, Baylor University Doctoral Physical Therapy Program, Fort Sam Houston, Texas

JS

Jonathan Su

Jonathan Su, PT, DPT, LMT, Captain, Army Medical Specialist Corps, Brigade Physical Therapist, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schoefield Barracks, Hawaii
Affiliations and expertise
Captain, Army Medical Specialist Corps, Brigade Physical Therapist, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schoefield Barracks, Hawaii