Movements and Orthopedic Tests: quick, easy, and reliable

This quick reference guide designed for medical students, physiotherapists, general practitioners specializing in family practice, neurology, musculoskeletal medicine, and personal injury and occupational injury lawyers. The book provides practitioners with is a quick, reliable, equipment-free way to evaluate natural movements including muscle strengths tests and gait,  special tests for muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones, and tests to detect symptom magnification and  malingering. In this book tests described in a logical order rather than in an alphabetical order. For example, all tests for the cervical radiculopathy and cervical nerve root compression are grouped together. The optimal combination of the tests based on literature data provided. Surprisingly different textbooks described even "classical" tests in completely different ways and sometimes under different names. Readers find the clear, non-confusing    descriptions of the tests.  In some cases, if it seems appropriate the author's description of the tests used. All tests described in a consistent, uniform way: 1. Indications. 2. Patient's position.3.Technique. 4. Interpretation. Description of some tests had been complimented by the Clinical Notes. The Notes reflect either literature data or author's 40+ years of the Musculoskeletal Medicine practice.