When all you need is a basic understanding of goniometry. When concise and illustrative examples of goniometric techniques will provide exactly what the rehabilitation professional needsLook to Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians for quick and at your fingertips facts.
When all you need is a basic understanding of goniometry. When concise and illustrative examples of goniometric techniques will provide exactly what the rehabilitation professional needsLook to
Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians for quick and at your fingertips facts.
Cram Session in Goniometry by Lynn Van Ost is a concise and abundantly illustrated quick reference which provides the rehabilitation professional with a very basic approach to various goniometric techniques. Organized in a head to toe format, Cram Session in Goniometry takes user-friendly and efficient learning to a new level.
What is in your Cram Session:
Photographs depicting each goniometric measurement
Breakdown of each body region covered
Each type of joint, capsular pattern, average range of motion, patient positioning, goniometric alignment, patient substitutions, and alternative methods of measurement
Over 190 photographs
Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians is an informative, well-organized handbook for all students and clinicians in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training and orthopedics.
Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor Preface SECTION I:
CERVICAL SPINE The Cervical Spine SECTION II: UPPER EXTREMITY Scapulothoracic
Joint The Shoulder (Glenohumeral Joint) The Elbow (Humeroulnar and
Humeroradial Joints) The Forearm (Radioulnar) The Wrist (Radiocarpal and
Intercarpal Joints) The FingersDigits II to V (Metacarpophalangeal Joints)
The FingersDigits II to V (Proximal Interphalangeal Joints) The
FingersDigits II to V (Distal Interphalangeal Joints) The Thumb
(Carpometacarpal Joint) The Thumb (Metacarpophalangeal Joint) The Thumb
(Interphalangeal Joint) SECTION III:THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE The
Thoracolumbar Spine SECTION IV: LOWER EXTREMITY The Hip The Knee
(Tibiofemoral Joint) Tibial Torsion The Ankle Subtalar Joint (Hindfoot)
Transverse Tarsal (Midtarsal) Joint The First Toe (Metatarsophalangeal
Joints) The First Toe (Interphalangeal Joint) The Four Lateral Toes
(Metatarsophalangeal Joints) The Four Lateral Toes (Proximal Interphalangeal
Joints) The Four Lateral Toes (Distal Interphalangeal Joints) SECTION V: TMJ
JOINT The Temporomandibular Joint APPENDICES Appendix A: General Procedure
for Goniometric Measurement Appendix B: Commonly Used Terms in Goniometry
Appendix C: Normal Range of Motion Values in Adults Appendix D: Anatomical
Zero Bibliography Index
Lynn Van Ost, MEd, RN, PT, ATC, graduated in 1982 with a bachelors degree in nursing from West Chester State College, West Chester, PA; NATABOC certified in athletic training in 1984; graduated in 1987 from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, with a masters degree in sports medicine/athletic training; and received a second bachelors degree in physical therapy in 1988 from Temple. In addition to treating the general orthopedic population as a physical therapist, she has worked with both amateur and professional athletes and has more than 11 years experience as an athletic trainer working with Olympic-level elite athletes at numerous international events, including the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympic games. She currently works as a clinical specialist in sports medicine at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ.
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