BookMark Dutton, PT, Allegheny General Hospital, West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS), Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Duquesne University, School of Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Summary: Dutton's Orthopaedic Examination, Evaluation and Intervention provides readers with a systematic logical approach to the evaluation and intervention of the orthopedic patient. In this comprehensive and up-to-date fourth edition, Dutton strikes the perfect balance in its coverage of examination and treatment. The textbook emphasizes the appropriate use of manual techniques and therapeutic exercise while outlining the correct applications of electrotherapeutic and thermal modalities as adjuncts to the rehabilitative process.
Contents:
Anatomy
Examination and evaluation
Intervention
The extremities
The spine and TMJ
Special considerations.