A Practical Guide to Manual Muscle Function Testing

New York, NY, May 27, 2015 --(PR.com)-- "Muscle Function Testing: A Visual Guide," recently published by Thieme, is a beautifully illustrated pocket atlas that provides physical therapists, occupational therapists, sports therapists, and students with practical guidelines and quick tests for evaluating gross motor function throughout the body. The tests in this manual are particularly suitable for analyzing isolated muscle deficits and evaluating other testing methods. Online access to assessment forms in PDF format is included.

This book is a valuable resource for all PT practitioners and students that will enrich their practice and help them to successfully evaluate and treat patients suffering from muscle-related injuries.

Wieben/Falkenberg
Muscle Function Testing: A Visual Guide
Thieme Publishers, New York/Stuttgart. 2015
374 pp, 191 illustrations
Paperback
ISBN: 9783131997210
eBook - Available from ebookstore.thieme.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes
eISBN: 9783131997319
€44.99/$59.99

About the Authors

Karin Wieben is former Head of the Physical Therapy Department of the Spinal Cord Injury Center at the BUK Hospital in Hamburg. She is a practicing physical therapist based in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany.

Bernd Falkenberg is a former team member of the Physical Therapy Department of the Spinal Cord Injury Center at the BUK Hospital in Hamburg. He is a practicing physical therapist based in Iserlohn, Germany.

About Thieme
Thieme Publishing Group is a medical and scientific publishing house employing more than 900 staff and maintaining offices in seven cities, including New York, Delhi, Rio and Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in online and print publishing. Thieme publishes 150 peer-reviewed journals and more than 450 new books annually. The company has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. State-of-the-art online products include eNeurosurgery, eOrthopaedics, eOtolaryngology, eSpine, Medlantis, Thieme eJournals, Thieme Electronic Book Library, and the medical student website WinkingSkull.com and Thieme Teaching Assistant, an innovative web-based platform for faculty. For more information about Thieme, please visit www.thieme.com.