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Muscoskeletal Outcomes Measures and Instruments, 2 Vols. - Selection and Assessment Upper Extremity. Lower Extremity

English · Paperback / Softback

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What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians?

How is a specific instrument scored?

Has it undergone reliability testing?

In what population was it validated, and how did it perform?

This pocket-sized handbook, covering all the major musculoskeletal outcomes instruments in use today, answers these questions and more. Key concepts like reliability, validity, and responsiveness form the framework of the book, which features more than 300 commonly used outcomes instruments for the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and calcaneus. Each instrument is numerically rated based on clinical relevance and ease-of-use. Research results summarized in table form eliminate the need for looking up original studies. And, the book is organized and color-coded by anatomic region to save you time in locating desired content.

Essential for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, physical and occupational therapists, and others who manage musculoskeletal problems, this compact handbook is critical for deciding on an appropriate course of treatment based on validated outcomes.

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Michael Suk, Beate P. Hanson, Daniel C. Norvell, David L. Helfet

Summary

What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians?

How is a specific instrument scored?

Has it undergone reliability testing?

In what population was it validated, and how did it perform?

This pocket-sized handbook, covering all the major musculoskeletal outcomes instruments in use today, answers these questions and more. Key concepts like reliability, validity, and responsiveness form the framework of the book, which features more than 300 commonly used outcomes instruments for the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and calcaneus. Each instrument is numerically rated based on clinical relevance and ease-of-use. Research results summarized in table form eliminate the need for looking up original studies. And, the book is organized and color-coded by anatomic region to save you time in locating desired content.

Essential for orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, physical and occupational therapists, and others who manage musculoskeletal problems, this compact handbook is critical for deciding on an appropriate course of treatment based on validated outcomes.

Product details

Authors Beat Hanson, Beate Hanson, David L. Helfet, Dan C et al Norvell, Dan C. Norvell, Daniel C. Norvell, Michae Suk, Michael Suk
Publisher Thieme, Stuttgart
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.03.2009
 
EAN 9783131410627
ISBN 978-3-13-141062-7
Dimensions 126 mm x 44 mm x 192 mm
Weight 990 g
Illustrations w. ills. and tabs.
Series AO-Publishing
AO Handbook
AO-Publishing
AO Handbook
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine

Physiotherapie, Hand, Chirurgie, Ergotherapie, Medizin, Gesundheit, Therapie, Rheumatologie, Wirksamkeit, hip, Wrist, REFERENZWERTE, Ankle, Knee, Shoulder, outcomes instruments, calcaneus, Elbow

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