Book Description
When all you need is a basic understanding of the anatomy of the muscular system, supplemented by current evidence and research, Cram Sessions on Functional Anatomy: Applications and Problem Solving for Real-Life Situations is what you will look to for quick, at-your-fingertips facts.
Cram Sessions on Functional Anatomy by Drs. Benjamin, Bechtel, and Conroy is a concise and illustrated quick reference that takes over 60 years of combined clinical experience to provide an understanding of the muscular system and its relation to the fascial and ligamentous systems in the human body, providing benefits for improved patient care and streamlined exercise prescription.
What is in your Cram Session?
• Translation of basic anatomy through both clinical expertise and research evidence
• A unique understanding of the muscular system and its role in health and disease
• A section on “clinical pearls” for each muscle or group – helping make practical use of the anatomical data, and improving the diagnosis and treatment of common patient problems
• Over 100 photographs and line art depicting each muscle or group of muscles
Cram Sessions on Functional Anatomy: Applications and Problem Solving for Real-Life Situations is a practical, easy-to-read handbook for all students and clinicians involved in physical therapy, athletic training, occupational therapy, and other rehabilitation professions.
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Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface
Foreword by James T. S. Meadows, BScPT, FCAMT
Introduction
Section I: The upper limbs
Chapter 1: The Trapezius and Muscles That Affect the Neck
Chapter 2: The Deltoid
Chapter 3: The Rotator Cuff and What Truly Controls the Shoulder
Chapter 4: The Triceps and Its Role in Shoulder Stability
Chapter 5: The Biceps and Its Role in the Shoulder
Chapter 6: The Forearm and Hand Muscles: What Is Their Role?
Section II: The lower limbs
Chapter 7: The Gluteal Muscles: Their Role and Functions
Chapter 8: The Hip Abductors, Adductors, and Rotators
Chapter 9: The Quadriceps and Hamstrings
Chapter 10: The Gastrocnemius/Soleus and Fibularis Longus and Brevis
Section III: The spine
Chapter 11: Review of Spinal Anatomy
Chapter 12: The Lumbar Spine Muscles and Their Function
Chapter 13: Core Muscle Function
Financial Disclosures
Index
About the Editors
Roy H. Bechtel, PT, PhD, graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Physical Therapy in 1979. He received an MS in Physical Therapy from New York University in 1981 and a PhD in Biomechanics from the University of Maryland in 1998. He teaches in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in the School of Medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, and has conducted continuing education courses nationally and internationally. His research interests are in manual physical therapy, assessment and treatment of pain of spinal origin, and biomechanical modeling of forces applied to spine and sacroiliac joints. Recently, Dr. Bechtel published a paper on the tolerance for isokinetic testing pre- and post-lumbar fusion. He is the coauthor, with Dr. Benjamin, of a book on postsurgical rehabilitation after artificial disc replacement.
Vincent M. Conroy, PT, DScPT, is a two-time graduate of the University of Maryland, receiving a BS in Physical Therapy in 1990 and his DScPT with an emphasis on Basic Science in 2005. Dr. Conroy currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (PTRS). His primary duties include instruction of Human Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Musculoskeletal Screening Evaluation and Treatment. He also provides oversight as the Clinical Director of the Department of PTRS’s Service Learning Center (SLC). The SLC provides pro-bono physical therapy intervention to individuals who do not have the benefit of health insurance. Dr. Conroy has lectured both regionally and nationally on topics related to the SLC and clinical anatomical reasoning.