The Musculoskeletal Practitioner’s Handbook, 1st Edition

SECTION 1 Musculoskeletal Anatomy
1.1 Cardinal Planes
1.2 Joint Movements
1.3 Musculoskeletal Anatomy
1.4 Bones of the Hand and Foot
1.5 Muscle Innervation Chart
SECTION 2 Musculoskeletal Assessment
2.1 Dermatomes
2.2 Myotomes
2.3 Reflexes
2.4 Upper and Lower Motor Neurone Lesions
2.5 Medical Research Council Scale
2.6 Peripheral Nerve Sensory Innervation
2.7 Nerve Pathways
2.8 Neurological Tests
2.9 Neurodynamic Tests
2.10 Cranial Nerves
2.11 Glossary of Neurological Terms
2.12 Modified Ashworth Scale
2.13 Trigger Points
2.14 Visceral Referral Patterns
2.15 Flags in Back Pain
2.16 Vascular Assessment
2.17 Musculoskeletal Tests
2.18 Common Vascular Tests
2.19 Diagnostic Criteria and Clinical Scoring Systems
2.20 Fractures
2.21 Subjective Assessment
2.22 Physical Assessment
SECTION 3 Musculoskeletal Regional Conditions
3.1 Spine
3.2 Shoulder
3.3 Elbow
3.4 Hand and Wrist
3.5 Hip
3.6 Knee
3.7 Foot and Ankle
3.8 Regional Musculoskeletal Conditions: Shorts
SECTION 4 Systemic Conditions
4.1 Rheumatoid Arthritis
4.2 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
4.3 Sjögren’s Syndrome
4.4 Spondyloarthropathy
4.5 Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
4.6 Fibromyalgia
4.7 Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome (hEDS)
4.8 Gout
4.9 Pseudogout
4.10 Osteoporosis
4.11 Osteomalacia
4.12 Paget’s Disease
4.13 Hypercalcaemia
4.14 Diabetes Mellitus
4.15 Hypothyroidism
4.16 Hyperthyroidism
4.17 Hyperparathyroidism
4.18 Motor Neurone Disease
4.19 Multiple Sclerosis
4.20 Peripheral Neuropathy
4.21 Multiple Myeloma
4.22 Primary Bone Cancer
4.23 Metastatic Bone Cancer
4.24 Lymphoma
4.25 Leukaemia
4.26 Soft Tissue Sarcoma
4.27 Systemic Conditions: Shorts
SECTION 5 Diagnostics
5.1 Imaging
5.2 Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
5.3 Summary of Blood Tests
SECTION 6 Pain Medications
6.1 Amitriptyline
6.2 Aspirin
6.3 Baclofen
6.4 Buprenorphine
6.5 Celecoxib
6.6 Codeine Phosphate
6.7 Diazepam
6.8 Diclofenac
6.9 Dihydrocodeine
6.10 Duloxetine
6.11 Etoricoxib
6.12 Fentanyl
6.13 Gabapentin
6.14 Ibuprofen
6.15 Meloxicam
6.16 Morphine Sulphate
6.17 Naproxen
6.18 Oxycodone
6.19 Paracetamol
6.20 Pregabalin
6.21 Tramadol
SECTION 7 Appendices
7.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations
7.2 Prefixes and Suffixes
7.3 Laboratory Values
7.4 National Early Warning Score (NEWS2)
7.5 Adult Basic Life Support
7.5.1 Adult Basic Life Support in Community Settings
7.5.2 Adult Choking
7.6 Paediatric Basic Life Support
7.6.1 Paediatric Basic Life Support (Hospital)
7.6.2 Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Basic Life Support
7.6.3 Paediatric Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
7.7 Body Mass Index Chart
7.8 Suspected Cancer – Recognition and Referral
Further Readings
Index

If you work in the world of musculoskeletal (MSK) assessment and treatment, you should buy this book! Only rarely does a textbook live up to the title the authors gave it, but this really is an essential guide for clinical practice.

There is so much information packed into this handily-sized book that is formatted in an easily accessible format. Indeed, it appears to contain just about all the important assessment, diagnostic and management knowledge that practitioners need in their everyday clinical work.

-Nick Worth, Chair of the Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine (SOMM)