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Common Diagnostic Procedures: Orthopedics and Neurology
Regular Price: $289.00
Publisher: Matthew Bender
ISBN: 9780820510392
 

Description

This deskbook of medical tests and findings helps you successfully present evidence of injury for settlement or trial.

Each test-specific chapter presents easy-to-understand coverage of the diagnostic procedures you're researching. Detailed descriptions and in-depth discussion allows you to answer the following questions for each test:

  • Why and when is this test indicated?
  • How should this test be properly performed?
  • How are the findings interpreted?
  • How are the results confirmed?
  • What potential injuries can result from this test?
  • What possible errors can occur when performing or interpreting this test?

Among the many features you'll find throughout this indispensable volume are: detailed illustrations; a handy scope box for every chapter; chapter-by-chapter bibliographies; a useful glossary of terms, defining difficult medico-legal terminology.

Published in 1993. Looseleaf; updated annually with revisions and supplements.

1 Volume


Table of contents

    Ch. 1 Arterial Pulses
    Ch. 2 Arthroscopy
    Ch. 2A Bone Scans
    Ch. 2B Brain Scans, PET and SPECT
    Ch. 3 Brudzinski Test
    Ch. 4 Cerebrospinal Fluid Testing
    Ch. 5 Cineradiography
    Ch. 5A Collateral Ligament Tests
    Ch. 6 Compression Tests
    Ch. 7 Computed Tomography
    Ch. 8 Cranial Nerve Tests
    Ch. 8A Cruciate Ligament Tests
    Ch. 9 Discography
    Ch. 9A Elbow Tests: Fractures in Adults
    Ch. 9B Elbow Tests: Lateral Epicondylitis
    Ch. 9C Elbow Tests: Medial Epicondylitis
    Ch. 10 Electroencephalography
    Ch. 11 Electromyography
    Ch. 11A Imaging Studies of the Cervical Spine
    Ch. 12 Joint Aspiration
    Ch. 13 Kernig's Test
    Ch. 13A Leg Tests: Leg-Length Disparity
    Ch. 14 Leg-Raising Tests
    Ch. 15 Loss of Cervical Lordosis
    Ch. 15A Loss of Lumbar Lordosis
    Ch. 15B Lumbosacral Tests: Bowstring Test
    Ch. 15C Lumbosacral Tests: Ely's Test
    Ch. 15D Lumbosacral Tests: Gaenslen's Test
    Ch. 15E Lumbosacral Tests: Hyperextension Test for the Lumbosacral Joint
    Ch. 15F Lumbosacral Tests: Hyperextension Tests for the Sacroiliac Joint
    Ch. 15G Lumbosacral Tests: Jackknife Test
    Ch. 15H Lyme Disease Tests
    Ch. 16 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Ch. 17 Mensuration Tests (Physical Measurements)
    Ch. 18 Muscle Testing
    Ch. 18A Muscular Dystrophy Tests
    Ch. 19 Myelography
    Ch. 19A Neck Tests: Compression Tests
    Ch. 19B Neck Tests: Distraction Test
    Ch. 19C Neck Tests: Palpation Test
    Ch. 19D Neck Tests: Soft Tissue Whiplash Injury
    Ch. 20 Needle Biopsy
    Ch. 20A Nerve Lesion Tests
    Ch. 21 Nerve Tests at the Wrist
    Ch. 21A The Neurological Examination
    Ch. 22 Ophthalmoscopic Examination
    Ch. 23 Palpation Tests
    Ch. 24 Range of Motion Tests
    Ch. 25 Reflex Tests
    Ch. 25A The Rinne and Weber Tests
    Ch. 25B Rotator Cuff Tests
    Ch. 26 Sensory Testing
    Ch. 26A Tests of the Hip: Flexion Contracture
    Ch. 26B Tests for Myofascial and Fibromyalgia Syndromes
    Ch. 27 Thermography
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