In this easy-to-follow, how-to-do-it atlas,
internationally recognized pain expert Dr. Steven D. Waldman provides a
compendium of practical physical examination techniques that you can use in
your daily practice to evaluate and diagnose patients in pain. Physical
Diagnosis of Pain, 5th Edition, is the only atlas devoted to this critical area
of pain medicine, offering a real-world focus on how clinicians evaluate pain:
"What is it?" rather than "Where is it?". You’ll be guided
step by step through the evaluation and diagnosis of more than 280 pain-related
conditions based on physical signs. Concise, superbly illustrated chapters help
you rapidly diagnose pathology based on physical techniques rather than relying
on imaging alone.
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Examines the full range of pain-related
conditions in the cervical spine, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand,
chest wall, thorax and thoracic spine, lumbar spine, abdominal wall and pelvis,
hip, knee, ankle and foot
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Addresses sacroiliac joint pain as well as
entrapment neuropathies including carpal tunnel syndrome, tardy ulnar palsy,
ilioinguinal neuralgia, and tarsal tunnel syndrome
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Follows a consistent format in each chapter for
quick reference: anatomy, inspection, palpation, and range of motion, followed
by relevant special tests
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Features hundreds of high-quality radiographic
images, clinical photos, and color line drawings to demonstrate the physical
exam clearly and simply
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Contains new content spanning 50 new conditions
and their associated tests, including the Soto-Hall Test for Upper Thoracic
Spine Pain, Sill Sign for Lumbar Instability, Compression Test for Sacroiliac
Joint Pain, Rust Sign for Cervical Spine Instability, Linder Sign for Cervical
Myelopathy, Jull Test for Cervical Strain, Shoulder Abduction Relief Test for
Cervical Spine Pain, Kleiger Test for High Ankle Sprain, Valleix Sign for
Posterior Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, and more
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Includes 50+ real-time videos of Dr. Waldman and
his staff performing physical examination techniques, providing expert,
how-to-do-it guidance
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An eBook version is included with purchase. The
eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the
ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have
content read aloud