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Muscle testing - A Concise Manual, provides a reference for understanding how structure relates to function, and how by knowing function we can learn structural configurations. Often muscular anatomy is taught as a dry subject whereby each muscle is painstakingly reviewed and the learner is expected to cite origin, insertion, action, nerve supply and blood supply. This commonly used approach may not necessarily aid understanding of muscle function, nor does it demonstrate muscular positioning. Through muscle testing, one is better equipped to consider how muscles function individually and in working groups. It is the knowledge of symmetrical movement, range of motion, contractile patterns, resistance and gravity that provides the fuller picture for muscle function and dysfunction. The text is organised in such a way as to enable the reader to understand anatomical position and assessment of muscular contractile strength. The manual provides movement-relevant illustrations to aid understanding of muscle location and testing positions. This is further enhanced through links to video footage for each test. The book summarises the key anatomical facts and figures, give methods for muscle testing by several techniques, and provides clinically useful information to supplement the tests.Product Identifiers
PublisherHandspring Publishing The Limited
ISBN-139781912085651
eBay Product ID (ePID)5046680908
Product Key Features
Number of Pages184 Pages
Publication NameMuscle Testing: a Concise Manual
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine, Biology
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhysiology, Sports
AuthorJane Langston, Earle Abrahamson
Dimensions
Item Height245 mm
Item Weight758 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJane Langston, Earle Abrahamson