Muscles, Testing and Function: With Posture and Pain [Hardcover]

Florence Peterson Kendall (Author), Patricia Provance (Author), Elizabeth K. McCreary (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0683045768 | ISBN-13: 978-0683045765 | Publication Date: January 1993 | Edition: 4th

Now you can learn muscle testing from the original pioneers who developed the techniques. This renowned classic provides unparalleled coverage of manual muscle testing, plus evaluation and treatment of faulty and painful postural conditions. This edition also covers: / Normal and abnormal range of motion / Developmental factors, and environmental influences on posture / Length tests and stretching exercises / Entrapment and compression syndromes / Scoliosis Lecturers - Click here to order a FREE Review Copy of this title

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 4th edition (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683045768
• ISBN-13: 978-0683045765
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile purchase, October 29, 2000

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Shorty "jillshari" (Owings Mills, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muscles, Testing and Function: With Posture and Pain (Hardcover)

If you ever needed to know what all the muscles in the body were, where exactly they attached to the skeleton, what movement they created, and ways to test how strong they are this is the bible. As a physical therapist, this has been an invaluable book to have both as a student and as a clinician.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have For All Body Therapies!, March 17, 2004

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Pascal Shaw (Sydney AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muscles, Testing and Function: With Posture and Pain (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book.
It is a important reference book which I use and read cover to cover. The biggest plus about this book is the concept of alignment, and the various grouping of restrictions and weaknesses within the body. It shows this and explains these (rectrictions vs weakeness) very clearly and specifically which makes it easy to pick up theses patterns in people's bodies.
Although there are better books which are set out better, the commentary and insights contained within the book are invaluable.
It is a bit of a bible in many physical therapy circles.
Don't get too caught up, and remember that this book should only be a start point as things are more complicated than this.

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book to work with, February 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Muscles, Testing and Function: With Posture and Pain (Hardcover)

This is a refined and refinded text of an excellent book. It has a place in so many therapists bookcase eg.Osteopaths chiropractors physiotherapists etc etc. Go and buy!