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Assessment of the Lower Limb Linda M. Merriman

Assessment of the Lower Limb By Linda M. Merriman

Assessment of the Lower Limb by Linda M. Merriman


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Summary

A guide to lower limb examination and assessment. It explains the problems of differential diagnosis and features descriptions of the most common pathologies. It is suitable for trainee general practitioners, medical students working in rheumatology, diabetology and orthopaedics, sports therapists and sports medicine trainees.

Assessment of the Lower Limb Summary

Assessment of the Lower Limb by Linda M. Merriman

The second edition of this highly respected and well-established guide to lower limb examination and assessment provides completely revised and comprehensive coverage of the subject. Bringing together a range of leading clinical experts to examine the stages which must be gone through to arrive at an accurate diagnosis, Assessment of the Lower Limb contains, clearly and conveniently in one authoritative volume, a unique holistic view of the subject with many photographs and line drawings to supplement the text, and case studies to illustrate the theory. The problems of differential diagnosis are explained and supported by descriptions of the most common pathologies. The extensive updating for this new edition takes into account developments in the subject at undergraduate level and ensures that students, newly qualified podiatrists, physiotherapists and all those involved in the diagnosis of foot problems have at their disposal a thoroughly modern text which will continue to be their indispensable diagnostic guide. With its logical and accessible structure, Assessment of the Lower Limb will also be invaluable to trainee general practitioners, medical students working in rheumatology, diabetology and orthopaedics, sports therapists and sports medicine trainees.

About Linda M. Merriman

Linda Merriman was co-editor of the first edition of this now well-established textbook. She is well respected as an educator and an academic but has kept in close touch with the clinical developments in the field of podiatry. Sheis also co-editor of Tollafield and Merriman : Clinical Skills in Treating the Foot (shortly to be revised by Turner and Merriman).

Table of Contents

PART I: Approaching the Patient 1. Assessment 2. The Interview 3. The Presenting Problem 4. Clinical Measurements PART II: Systems Examination 5. Medical and Social History 6. Vascular Assessment 7. Neurological Assessment 8. Assessment of the Locomotor System 9. Assessment of the Skin and Its Appendages 10. Assessment of the Elderly 11. Pre- and Post-Operative Assessment 12. Footwear Assessment PART III: Laboratory and Hospital Investigations 13. Radiographic Assessment 14. Methods of Analyzing Gait 15. Laboratory Tests PART IV: Specific Client Groups 16. The Paediatric Patient 17. The Sports Patient 18. The Painful Foot 19. Assessment of the At-Risk Foot Index

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GOR010579720
9780443071126
0443071128
Assessment of the Lower Limb by Linda M. Merriman
Used - Like New
Hardback
Elsevier Health Sciences
20021118
504
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