Assessment
of the Lower Limb
"Highly
respected and well-established guide to lower limb examination" |
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Assessment
of the Lower Limb
Editors: Linda Merriman & Warren Turner
Publisher:
Churchill Livingstone; 2nd edition;
December 2002;
502 pages
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The
Second Edition of this highly respected and well-established
guide to lower limb examination and assessment of the
foot provides completely revised and comprehensive coverage
of the subject. Assessment of the Lower Limb
is a widely used textbook.
The extensive updating for this new edition of Assessment
of the Lower Limb 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.
Features
of Assessment of the Lower Limb:
*
Logical structure matches the clinical reasoning process
leading to accurate diagnosis
* Each chapter serves as a 'mini book' on its topic
and so can be dipped into easily in the office or the
lecture theatre
* Examines specific points of concern in different patient
groups eg children, the elderly, sportsmen, the diabetic
- following the contemporary realities of the lifespan
style of practice
* Includes case studies to illustrate the theory - grounding
the student's reading in working life of a podiatrist
* Fully referenced for further study
* Highly illustrated with photographs, line diagrams
and colour plates - a much better way of quickly identifying
disorders and conditions
* Edited by experienced educators - who are aware of
student needs
* With contributions from experienced clinicians who
are up-to-date with the latest developments in the clinical
field.
Table
of Contents of Assessment of the Lower Limb:
Part
1: Approaching the Patient Assessment.
The interview.
The presenting problem.
Clinical measurement.
Part 2: Systems Examination
Medical and social history.
Vascular assessment.
Neurological assessment.
Assessment of the locomotor system.
Assessment of the skin and its appendages.
Footwear assessment.
Part 3: Laboratory and Hospital Investigations
Radiographic assessment.
Methods of analysing gait.
Laboratory tests.
Part 4: Specific Client Groups
The paediatric patient.
The sports patient.
The painful foot.
Assessment of the 'at risk' foot.
Pre- and post-operative assessment.
*Assessment
of the Lower Limb is highly recommened by ePodiatry*
Book review
from Manul
Therapy:
"This
is the second edition of a textbook written mostly by
podiatrists. It is a comprehensive text covering all
aspects of lower limb assessment and includes some general
but related issues such as clinical measurement. Physical
examination is approached from a systems perspective
(vascular, neurological, orthopaedic, skin and footwear)
across separate chapters. This section is followed by
the next, which explores the adaptation of general principles
of assessment to different client groups, such as children
and the `sports patient'.
The book generally appears to be mostly written from
a podiatry perspective although this is not entirely
consistent as an attempt has been made to make the book
useful to a wider audience. Unsurprisingly, the chapter
on gait analysis is a particular strength of the book.
Although brief, it is sufficiently detailed to include
calcaneal and navicular movement during the gait cycle.
The chapter on orthopaedic assessment covers an orthopaedic
overview of the lower limb, which is insufficiently
detailed in regard to assessment of joint movements
and muscle tissue for students or practitioners of manual
therapy. Neurological assessment, however, is written
from the view of diagnosing which part of the nervous
system is functioning abnormally, rather than from a
screening purpose. Some theoretical concepts are missing,
for example, where the skin and wound healing is discussed,
information on the patho-physiology of healing, atrophy,
tissue biomechanics is omitted. The vascular assessment
chapter, by contrast, includes broad explanatory physiological
detail.
The book is clearly written and is in hardcover, with
colour photographs at the beginning and halftones throughout.
The text is accurate and provides a useful overview
and would benefit from some further development through
linkage to clinical decision making and intervention.
It would be a useful addition to the library of any
manual therapist, to dip into, and would be a valuable
textbook to the podiatry student."
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