Merriman's Assessment of the Lower Limb Book

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Part 1 Approaching the patient 1

Chapter 1 Assesment B Yates 2

Chapter 2 The assessment interview M Hanley 10

Chapter 3 The presenting problem B Yates 25

Chapter 4 Health outcome assessment K B Landorf J Burns 33

Part 2 Systems examination 53

Chapter 5 The medical and social history I Reilly 54

Chapter 6 Vascular assessment S Rees 75

Chapter 7 Neurological assessment M C Spruce 119

Chapter 8 Dermatological assessment I Bristow R Turner 164

Chapter 9 Footwear assessment W Tyrrell 201

Chapter 10 Musculoskeletal assessment 225

Section A Orthopaedic Assessment of the Lower Limb B Ribbans 225

Section B Functional Assessment A Redmond 273

Part 3 Laboratory and hospital investigations 307

Chapter 11 Methods of analyzing gait C B Payne A R Bird 308

Chapter 12 Diagnostic imaging C McCarthy 321

Chapter 13 Laboratory tests A Percivall 365

Part 4 Specific client groups 387

Chapter 14 Assessment of the paediatric patient P Thomson 388

Chapter 15 Assessment of the sports patient B Yates 422

Chapter 16 Assessment of the older person H B Menz 443

Chapter 17 The painful foot B Yates 469

Chapter 18 Assessment of the at-risk foot A Mclnnes 499

Chapter 19 Assessment of the surgical patient I Reilly 529

Index 545