Bøger af Joseph E. (Instructor Muscolino

Offers coverage of musculoskeletal anatomy and helps you develop the working knowledge of muscles you'll need for successful manual therapy practice.

Joe Muscolino''s The Muscular System Manual: The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body, 4th Edition is an atlas of the muscles of the human body. This approachable, yet detailed, musculoskeletal anatomy manual provides both beginner and advanced students with a thorough understanding of skeletal muscles in a compartmentalized, customizable layout. Each muscle spread shows the individual muscle drawn over a photo of the human body, with an arrow to indicate the line of pull of the muscle, and explains: the muscle name, the origin of that name, Greek and Latin derivations, pronunciation, attachments, actions, eccentric contraction function, isometric contraction function, innervation to two levels of detail with predominant levels in bold, and arterial supply to two levels of detail. This new edition also features robust Evolve resources, an updated art program, and new chapter review and critical thinking questions that encourage you to apply what you have learned to prepare for practice.

Helps you learn - not simply memorize - the essentials of muscles, bones, and palpation. This title covers muscle identification as well as attachments, actions, stabilization functions, nerve innervation, palpation, and treatment considerations for various muscles.

Includes review activities to help you to learn and apply muscle, bone, and palpation knowledge and exercises cover muscle identification and attachments, actions, stabilization functions, nerve innervation, palpation, and treatment considerations for each of those muscles. This title also helps you to study bone identification and more.