Understanding Joints : A Practical Guide to Their Structure and Function

by Kingston, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780748753994
• ISBN10: 0748753990
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Nelson Thornes

Summary

Contains many illustrations with diagrams using numbered labelling, which encourage self-testing.Practical study tasks encourage interactive learning.Includes clinical notes to relate learning to common clinical problems.

Author Biography

Bernard Kingston is Senior Lecturer in Functional Anatomy and Clinic Tutor at the British School of Osteopathy, London, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: how to use this book	1	(3)
Anatomical terminology and movements	4	(3)
Introduction to joints	7	(16)
The structure of the vertebral column: an introduction	23	(7)
The cervical spine	30	(16)
The respiratory mechanism and the thoracic spine	46	(17)
The lumbar spine	63	(16)
The vertebral junction areas	79	(10)
The pelvis and sacro-iliac joints	89	(10)
The shoulder	99	(18)
The elbow	117	(9)
The wrist	126	(10)
The hand	136	(12)
The hip	148	(15)
The knee	163	(20)
The ankle	183	(7)
The foot	190	(18)
The temporomandibular joints	208	(8)
Glossary of terms and abbreviations	216	(13)
References	229	(6)
Index	235