Customer Reviews
Very Repetitive - By: Stephen Ward, 13 Mar 2008 
The chapters are repetitive. The book gives you an idea of how to assess without going into specific details about why we do what we do & what to do with our findings.
Doesn't include Muscle tests! - By: Mr. Ross Kettle, 07 Jul 2006 
I read the synopsis for this book & was lead to believe that this would help me prepare for my practical examination & assessment of lower limb injuries. It didn't, it contains absolutely no information on manual muscle testing!!!! which is one of the core parts of examination & assessment. All the book does is refer you to other books with the muscle testsin them,in every chapter!! i was thoroughly dissapointed & am now going to have to spend another 30 pounds getting a book that includes the muscle tests.
Waste of money
Strongly Recommended - By: , 29 Jan 2006 
Unquestionably this book is core reading material for assisting students & newly qualified therapists alike. Its systematic & logical approach clearly guides the reader through step by step without any complications. Many of my physio colleagues can only praise the author for this & all her other editions. The subjective & physical examination chapters sufficiently contain all the necessary criteria for the initial & follow up assessments with comprehensive literature & illustrations. The extensive use of photographic images for every joint test & assessment technique not only visually stimulates the reader, but also makes it so much easier to perform the techniques. The appealing presentation & layout suggest the book is very reader friendly & is one of the better therapy publications on the market.
A fantastic aid - By: , 20 Mar 2001 I found this book on the shelf at Waterstones & knew it was a book I'd been looking for for ages. As a second year massage therapist student(soon to study osteopathy) I've been reading G D Maitland's Periferal Manipulation & Vertebral Manipulation as a diagnostic help. In this book the authors (who quote Maitland extensively & as he saysin the foreword of this book) 'have brought together a field that has grown almost out of recognition over the last 50 years'. For every joint there is a comprehensive set of tests & assessment techniques to evaluate soundly & confidently; with excellent photographic, clear & concise illustrations (unlike the Maitland books which are pencil drawn & not as clear)and step by step procedure it really is a fantastic aid.
