Understanding joints : a practical guide to their structure and function
"Understanding Joints is an introductory text for students of physiotherapy, osteopathy and other subjects related to orthopaedics and manual medicine. The book is designed to give readers an understanding and awareness of how the main joints in the body work. The text is highly illustrated and a range of study tasks is included to encourage learning by discovery. Where appropriate, clinical notes are included at an introductory level which help link learning to clinical practice."--Jacket
viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780748753994, 0748753990
1076787894
Acknowledgements1. Introduction: How To Use This Book2. Anatomical Terminology And Movements3. Introduction To Joints4. The Structure Of The Vertebral Column: An Introduction5. The Cervical Spine6. The Respiratory mechanism And The Thoracic Spine7. The Lumbar Spine8. The Vertebral Junction Areas9. The Pelvis And Sacro-iliac Joints10. The Shoulder11. The Elbow12. The Wrist13. The Hand14. The Hip15. The Knee16. The Ankle17. The Foot18. The Temporomandibular JointsGlossary Of terms And AbbreviationsIndex""
Reprint of edition originally published by Stanley Thornes in 2000
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: how to use this book. p. 1. Introduction: how to use this book
2. Anatomical terminology and movements. p. 4. Anatomical terminology and movements
3. Introduction to joints. p. 7. Introduction to joints
4. structure of the vertebral column: an introduction. p. 23. Structure of the vertebral column: an introduction
5. cervical spine. p. 30. Cervical spine
6. respiratory mechanism and the thoracic spine. p. 46. Respiratory mechanism and the thoracic spine
7. lumbar spine. p. 63. Lumbar spine
8. vertebral junction areas. p. 79. Vertebral junction areas
9. pelvis and sacro-iliac joints. p. 89. Pelvis and sacro-iliac joints
10. shoulder. p. 99. Shoulder
11. elbow. p. 117. Elbow
12. wrist. p. 126. Wrist
13. hand. p. 136. Hand
14. hip. p. 148. Hip
15. knee. p. 163. Knee
16. ankle. p. 183. Ankle
17. foot. p. 190. Foot
18. temporomandibular joints. p. 208. Temporomandibular joints
Glossary of term and abbreviations. p. 216
Index. p. 235