Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians

Van Ost RN PT ATC MEd, Lynn

ISBN 10: 1556428987 / ISBN 13: 9781556428982

Published by Slack Incorporated, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556428987
• ISBN 13: 9781556428982
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

When all you need is a basic understanding of goniometry. When concise and illustrative examples of goniometric techniques will provide exactly what the rehabilitation professional needs―Look to Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians for quick and “at your fingertips” facts.

Cram Session in Goniometry by Lynn Van Ost is a concise and abundantly illustrated quick reference which provides the rehabilitation professional with a very basic approach to various goniometric techniques. Organized in a “head to toe” format, Cram Session in Goniometry takes user-friendly and efficient learning to a new level.

What is in your “Cram Session”:
• Photographs depicting each goniometric measurement
• Breakdown of each body region covered
• Each type of joint, capsular pattern, average range of motion, patient positioning, goniometric alignment, patient substitutions, and alternative methods of measurement
• Over 190 photographs

Cram Session in Goniometry: A Handbook for Students and Clinicians is an informative, well-organized handbook for all students and clinicians in physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training and orthopedics.

About the Author

Lynn Van Ost, MEd, RN, PT, ATC, graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from West Chester State College, West Chester, PA; NATABOC certified in athletic training in 1984; graduated in 1987 from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, with a master’s degree in sports medicine/athletic training; and received a second bachelor’s degree in physical therapy in 1988 from Temple. In addition to treating the general orthopedic population as a physical therapist, she has worked with both amateur and professional athletes and has more than 11 years’ experience as an athletic trainer working with Olympic-level elite athletes at numerous international events, including the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympic games. She currently works as a clinical specialist in sports medicine at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ.