Netter's Orthopaedic Clinical Examination Book An Evidence Based Approach for Physical Therapists by Joshua Cleland and Shane Koppenhaver.
About this Book - Buy Book - Click Here - Evidence-based practice is becoming an increasingly important topic in physical therapy clinical practice, especially as the cost of health care continues to accelerate. Download Full PDF - Click Here
As a result, evidence is now being incorporated into all aspects of physical therapy patient/client management including examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention. Designed as a handy, quick-reference guide, ORTHOPAEDIC CLINICAL EXAMINATION: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS takes a uniquely visual, evidence-tables approach to make it easy for clinicians to locate relevant evidence of the diagnostic utility of commonly utilized tests and measures. Read More
About the Authors - Joshua Cleland is the Director of Research and Faculty Development in the DPT program at Tufts University and Shane Koppenhaver is a Clinical Professor in the Baylor University Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, and serves as the Associate Department Chair for the Baylor University Physical Therapy Department.
Book Reviews -
1. I bought this book on a recommendation to study for the physical therapy OCS exam. So far, this book is very clinically relevant. Great pics and descriptions, but I don't understand all of the statisics and research. There is a chapter on the statistics, but I was still uncertain of interpretations, so I had to do further reading in research texts and web pages to help me understand. If you have a stong research background, then you'd love this book. If not, you may find it slightly frustrating to understand all the areas of the book. Also, remember this is based mostly on Examination and not much on treatment. This would probably be a great book for students in a PT program that is based on evidence based practice.
2. I bought this book in preparation for my OCS exam, but now I wish I had bought it long ago! I would recommend this reference for any orthopedic PT. It contains relevant Netter slides for each body region, conveniently placed with information about objective measurements related to each body region, including recent evidence regarding special tests, as well as a "how to" for each one. Check More Reviews
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