$29.95
ISBN 13 978-1-55642-898-2
192 pp Soft Cover
Pub. Date: 2010
Order# 48987
Product Info Sheet
Product Description
When all you need is a basic understanding of goniometry. When concise and illustrative examples of goniometric techniques will provide exactly what the rehabilitation professional needs—Look to Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians for quick and "at your fingertips" facts.
Cram Session in Goniometry by Lynn Van Ost is a concise and abundantly illustrated quick reference which provides the rehabilitation professional with a very basic approach to various goniometric techniques. Organized in a "head to toe" format, Cram Session in Goniometry takes user-friendly and efficient learning to a new level.
What is in your "Cram Session":
- Photographs depicting each goniometric measurement
- Breakdown of each body region covered
- Each type of joint, capsular pattern, average range of motion, patient positioning, goniometric alignment, patient substitutions, and alternative methods of measurement
- Over 190 photographs
Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians is an informative, well-organized handbook for all students and clinicians in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training and orthopedics.
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Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Preface |
| SECTION I: CERVICAL SPINE |
| The Cervical Spine |
| SECTION II: UPPER EXTREMITY |
| Scapulothoracic Joint |
| The Shoulder (Glenohumeral Joint) |
| The Elbow (Humeroulnar and Humeroradial Joints) |
| The Forearm (Radioulnar) |
| The Wrist (Radiocarpal and Intercarpal Joints) |
| The Fingers—Digits II to V (Metacarpophalangeal Joints) |
| The Fingers—Digits II to V (Proximal Interphalangeal Joints) |
| The Fingers—Digits II to V (Distal Interphalangeal Joints) |
| The Thumb (Carpometacarpal Joint) |
| The Thumb (Metacarpophalangeal Joint) |
| The Thumb (Interphalangeal Joint) |
| SECTION III:THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE |
| The Thoracolumbar Spine |
| SECTION IV: LOWER EXTREMITY |
| The Hip |
| The Knee (Tibiofemoral Joint) |
| Tibial Torsion |
| The Ankle |
| Subtalar Joint (Hindfoot) |
| Transverse Tarsal (Midtarsal) Joint |
| The First Toe (Metatarsophalangeal Joints) |
| The First Toe (Interphalangeal Joint) |
| The Four Lateral Toes (Metatarsophalangeal Joints) |
| The Four Lateral Toes (Proximal Interphalangeal Joints) |
| The Four Lateral Toes (Distal Interphalangeal Joints) |
| SECTION V: TMJ JOINT |
| The Temporomandibular Joint |
| APPENDICES |
| Appendix A: General Procedure for Goniometric Measurement |
| Appendix B: Commonly Used Terms in Goniometry |
| Appendix C: Normal Range of Motion Values in Adults |
| Appendix D: Anatomical Zero |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
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About the Author
Lynn Van Ost, MEd, RN, PT, ATC
Lynn Van Ost, MEd, RN, PT, ATC, graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from West Chester State College, West Chester, PA; NATABOC certified in athletic training in 1984; graduated in 1987 from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, with a master’s degree in sports medicine/athletic training; and received a second bachelor’s degree in physical therapy in 1988 from Temple. In addition to treating the general orthopedic population as a physical therapist, she has worked with both amateur and professional athletes and has more than 11 years’ experience as an athletic trainer working with Olympic-level elite athletes at numerous international events, including the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympic games. She currently works as a clinical specialist in sports medicine at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ.
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