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9780748794409

Understanding Muscles : A Practical Guide to Muscle Function

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  • ISBN13:

    9780748794409

  • ISBN10:

    0748794409

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-04-01
  • Publisher: Nelson Thornes

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"With its easy to read style and interactive approach, Understanding Muscles is essential for learning, revision and practice. It will be an invaluable resource for students in physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, sports science, occupational therapy, podiatry, nursing and sports medicine. Qualified practitioners in these areas will find this book an excellent source of reference."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Bernard Kingston is a Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Anatomy at the European School of Osteopathy, Maidstone, Kent, UK.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Illustration acknowledgements
xiii
Introduction: how to use this book
1(4)
Anatomical terminology and movements
5(3)
Muscles and movement
8(12)
The shoulder
20(21)
The elbow
41(11)
The wrist
52(8)
The hand
60(23)
The hip and pelvis
83(26)
The knee
109(14)
The ankle
123(11)
The foot
134(13)
The respiratory (and abdominal) muscles
147(20)
The muscles of the vertebral column
167(25)
The temporomandibular joint
192(11)
Glossary of terms and abbreviations 203(9)
References 212(1)
Index 213

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