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Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment,
Edition 8Editors: By Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, SCS, MEd, ATC, CSCS and David J. Magee, BPT, PhD, CM
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18 Jun 2026
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Build your skills in assessment for musculoskeletal pathology! Magee’s Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 8th Edition, covers the principles of musculoskeletal assessment for all of the body’s structures and joints, emphasizing examination, evaluation, and differential diagnosis. Other assessment topics range from gait and posture to amputees and sports emergencies. Included with purchase of the print book are hundreds of online video clips demonstrating special diagnostic tests. Written by PT educators Robert C. Manske and David J. Magee, this reference uses a systematic, evidence-based approach to prepare you for success in clinicals, board exams, and in rehabilitation practice.
Key Features
- Enhanced eBook version — included with every new print purchase — allows you to access all of the text, figures, references, and reliability and validity tables, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Plus, video clips demonstrate special tests to give you a clearer understanding of how to perform musculoskeletal assessment
- More than 2,500 illustrations include full-color clinical photographs and drawings as well as radiographs, clearly depicting key concepts, assessment techniques, and special tests
- Case studies use real-world scenarios to help you develop assessment and diagnostic skills
- Quick-reference data¿includes hundreds of summary boxes, red flag and yellow flag signs and symptoms, differential diagnosis tables, new illustrated tables demonstrating methods to measure range of motion and manual muscle testing, muscle and nerve tables, and classification, normal values, and grading tables
- At-a-glance icons¿show the clinical utility of special tests, supplemented by updated, evidence-based reliability and validity tables for tests and techniques
- Précis (Summary) of Assessment in each chapter provides a step-by-step summary of assessment procedures, serving as a quick reference of assessment steps for the structure or joint being assessed
- A part of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation series — Pathology and Interventions, Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice, and Athletic and Sport Issues — this book provides you with the knowledge and background necessary to assess and treat musculoskeletal conditions
New Features
- NEW! Increased content on range of motion assessment and strength assessment is added to this edition
- NEW! Updated content on concussion management is included in this edition
- NEW! Many new special tests are added throughout the book
About the author
By Robert C. Manske, PT, DPT, SCS, MEd, ATC, CSCS, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA and David J. Magee, BPT, PhD, CM, Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1. Principles and Concepts
2. Head and Face
3. Cervical Spine
4. Temporomandibular Joint
5. Shoulder
6. Elbow
7. Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
8. Thoracic (Dorsal) Spine
9. Lumbar Spine
10. Pelvis
11. Hip
12. Knee
13. Lower Leg, Ankle, and Foot
14. Assessment of Gait
15. Assessment of Posture
16. Assessment of the Amputee
17. Primary Care Assessment
18. Emergency Sports Assessment
2. Head and Face
3. Cervical Spine
4. Temporomandibular Joint
5. Shoulder
6. Elbow
7. Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
8. Thoracic (Dorsal) Spine
9. Lumbar Spine
10. Pelvis
11. Hip
12. Knee
13. Lower Leg, Ankle, and Foot
14. Assessment of Gait
15. Assessment of Posture
16. Assessment of the Amputee
17. Primary Care Assessment
18. Emergency Sports Assessment
ISBN:
9780443128646
Page Count:
1328
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Physical Therapy (DPT) students. Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) students