Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jeff G. Konin, Denise Wiksten, Jr., Jerome A. Isear, Holly Brader
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 129453
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1556427417
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.70754
EAN: 9781556427411
ASIN: 1556427417
Publication Date: January 28, 2006
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Product Description
Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination has been used for 10 years by thousands of students, clinicians, and rehab professionals and is now available in a revised and updated third edition. Concise and pocket-sized, this handbook is an invaluable guide filled with the most current and practical clinical exam techniques used during an orthopedic examination. Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination, Third Edition takes a user-friendly approach to visualizing and explaining more than 150 commonly used orthopedic special tests, including 11 new and modern tests. Readers benefit from the spiral, lay-flat binding and new color elements. Clear and concise text is coupled with effective photographs, clearly labeled with directional arrows, to illustrate proper subject and clinician positioning and directional movement. Jeff G. Konin, Denise Wiksten, Jai Isear, and Holly Brader have organized Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination, Third Edition by regions of the body, allowing the reader to quickly and easily reference a particular test. Students, clinicians, and rehabilitation professionals alike will benefit from adding this classic text to their reference library today. - Eleven new tests, including the Dial Test, Lateral Scapular Slide Test, Crank Test, and Posterior Impingement Test.
- Descriptive text presented in a concise manner.
- Evidence-based references for each test.
- Detailed descriptions of each special test component: test positioning, action, and positive findings.
- Photographs illustrating the proper subject and clinician positioning, with color arrows used to depict proper force and direction for each test.
- User-friendly spiral, lay-flat binding.
- Positive results and special considerations identified for each test as they relate to the examination process.
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 Really great clinical textbook to keep on hand August 22, 2007
I purchased this book while in college, as a required text, and I still LOVE this book. For those who are visual learners, this will help a lot. Technically some of the tests within the book, I've been told, are not great 'clinical' tests. However, that's not the point. If you want to know how to perform a specific test (or one related to it) this is the book to have!! The book is wonderfully indexed per joint/location and typically have at least one photo to follow with simple directions, and results to look for (positive or negative, clinically).
 Excellent July 8, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Covers most clinical joint tests, including some I had not heard of before. Gives tips on positioning, testing, and interpreting the results, with helpful photos for each test.
 lost book & order February 19, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
ordered it on 1/17 and still have not received it on 2/19. They ran out of books and told me that it would be shipped out sometime between 2/1 - 3/17. Would not recommend this buying from them unless you know for sure that it is in stock!!!
 Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination December 7, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought this book in preparation for the NATA certification exam. This book is concise and has fairly good pictures for the orthopedic tests, however it lacks detail in explanation of tests. For example, on the Trendelenburg test it states that a positive finding indicates a weakness of the gluteus medius on the supported side. Even though this is accurate, it does not indicate that since the glut medius is innervated by the superior gluteal nerve from the L5 nerve root, a lesion to either of these structures will also cause a positive finding. In addition, and most noteably, there are serious errors in the cranial nerve assessment section which would indicate that the text had not been properly reviewed before publication. I would strongly caution anyone purchasing this book to ignore this chapter in the text and seek other references for neurologic assessment.
How to perform Ortho test reference September 25, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great book for othro tests. All the tests come with
large pictures and exaxt directions on what to do.
It also tells what the + and - signs are when doing a test
It is a wonderful reference and reminder of quick ortho tests for out-patient rehab places. Easy to understand for both PTA's and PT's.
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