Strength and Range of Motion Assessment for Today's Student: The Abbreviated Guide

This manual, written by professors of physical therapy, providestoday’s student with a condensed, bullet-point-style guide forstrength and range of motion assessment skills. Included at thebeginning of each body region are palpation techniques related tokey bony landmarks needed to successfully perform the assessmenttechniques described in that section. In addition to providing acondensed version of the classic methods of measurement usinggoniometry and manual muscle testing, this book also includesstrength assessment using a hand-held dynamometer to providethe clinician with a more technologically advanced method togather objective data when measuring strength.This book includes:• Palpation of the spine & extremities• Goniometer & inclinometer measurements• Manual muscle testing & hand-held dynamometry• Over 300 color photos demonstrating techniques• Concise bullet-point-style tables & summaries Read more