Demos Medical Publishing Musculoskeletal, Sports and Occupational Medicine (Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference)

Practitioners today are seeing increased numbers of musculoskeletal, sports, and occupational injuries across the country. Musculoskeletal, Sports, and Occupational Medicine: Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference provides the necessary knowledge the busy practitioner needs to deliver quality care to patients with musculoskeletal, sports, or occupational injuries. Addressing more than 100 varied topics presented in a consistent two-page format for maximum clinical utility, this nuts and bolts resource is organized in two sections. The first is a roadmap for evaluation of a patient with a musculoskeletal injury. The second, comprising the bulk of the book, provides an alphabetically arranged catalog of the diverse conditions and sequelae commonly seen by practitioners dealing with bone, joint, and soft tissue problems. Every entry is standardized for quick look-up in the office or clinic, and features description, etiology, risk factors, clinical features, natural history, diagnosis, red flags, treatment, prognosis, helpful hints and suggested readings. Features of Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference series titles include: * Comprehensive coverage of all important topics in PM&R * Multi-specialty editorship and authorship * Chapters are organized into succinct facts, presented in a bullet point format * Laid out for easy look up by syndrome, complication and treatment * Focus on clinical management provides readers with hands-on, practical guidance for all types of interventions and therapies * Consistent approach allows readers to know exactly where to find the information they need rapidly * "Pitfalls", "Red Flags", "Complications", and "Helpful Hints" help guard against unwanted sequelae