Joint Structure & Function: A Comprehensive Analysis [Hardcover]

Cynthia C. Norkin (Author), Pamela K. Levangie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1992 | ISBN-10: 0803665776 | ISBN-13: 978-0803665774 | Edition: 2nd

Pedagogical features in each chapter include an introductory outline, objectives, and study questions
-- Presents in a clear and logical fashion the basic theory of joint structure and muscle action necessary to understand both normal and pathologic function
-- Chapter devoted to the thorax and chest wall includes coverage of general and developmental aspects of structure and function, as well as changes from normal; discussions of the rib cage, diaphragm, and abdomen; and explanation of the coordination and integration of ventilatory motions
-- A chapter on the temporomandibular joint includes general features, structure, function, and dysfunctions

Product Details

• Hardcover: 530 pages
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Publications; 2nd edition (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803665776
• ISBN-13: 978-0803665774
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,216,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, May 24, 2000

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This review is from: Joint Structure & Function: A Comprehensive Analysis (Hardcover)

This book gives a good and detailed explanation of the the human skeletal structure. The type and function of a joint, the funtions of the ligaments arount a joint, the functions of the muscles around a joint. Not only do the authors explain how each and every joint specifically works but also how the joints work together to do a specific movement along with which muscles are involved. This is a book for anybody interested in studying the musculoskeletal system in detail.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The new edition is an improvement for sure, May 30, 2007

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Shana Wible (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Joint Structure and Function: A Comprehensive Analysis, Fourth Edition (Hardcover)

I am glad I purchased the updated edition. It has a lot more information and better pictures than the second edition. The case studies they present are a considerably helpful edition as they present the patients symptoms of different pathologies they are profiling, along with the structural and soft tissue components of various pathologies they are describing.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not bad !, January 9, 2004

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max (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Joint Structure and Function: a Comprehensive Analysis (Hardcover)

This book is the shorter-black-and-white version of Moore's & Dailey Clinical Oriented Anatomy book. It is quite simple and the illustrations are not Dali's impressions of the female anatomy but for the need-to-know-basis Physical Therapy student it is quite suffiecient.

It is excellent with its questions at the end of each chapter !