MSK physical exam book recs?

[Taus]

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Hey, I'm an MSIII who is about to start an Ortho rotation next week and I have a PM&R Sports/Spine elective rotation in a few months. I'll also be doing a couple inpatient rehab months next summer.

I'm looking into getting an msk/ortho physical exam book that would be appropriate for someone at my level and that includes a lot of clinical pearls.

Thanks in advance for any advice

 

[DOctorJay]

magee orthopedic physical assessment is great

 

[dc2md]

Sure, Magee is an excellent book for doing a detailed MSK physical exam. But for a couple books that would be good enough for both ortho and PMR (outpt and inpt) try:
1) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocketpedia by Choi ($30 at amazon)
2) Tarascon Pocket Orthopaedica, Second Edition ($10 at amazon)

-chris

 

[Louisville04]

I would recommend Reider The Orthopaedic Physical Examination

The pocketpedia is way too brief...it doesn't show you how to do the P.E. which will be necessary in an ortho rotation. You would rather err on the side of being too detailed than too brief on your exam.

 

[dc2md]

louisville is right...if u don't know how to perform a decent exam then that's priority number one. but don't get anal about being an expert on your first day...you'll learn as you go...hands-on is the best.

 

[caedmon]

I have really grown to like the text "Clinical Sports Medicine" the 3rd edition. It has great images and descriptions of physical exam maneuvers, great anatomic images (illustrations and CT/MRI/US etc) and great text overall. It is written by an Australian and a Canadian so there are different (maybe considered cutting edge) treatment options listed in the chapters. It is geared toward physical therapists/students, but I thought it was great. Especailly as a learning text.
I feel like this book has a great approach to general principles of rehab with an excellent focus on sports and musculoskeletal medicine. It is also nice because there are photographs of both physical exam maneuvers and physical therapy techniques which I haven't really seen elsewhere.

What's even nicer is you can get it on Amazon for around $80. Check it out on the website: http://www.clinicalsportsmedicine.com/ and link to the "all new 3rd edtion" and explore some of the sections.

I have no financial interest in this book, I just think it's great. I actually discussed using this book as the Sports rotation text at our program.

 

[Taus]

Thanks for the input everyone, much appreciated

so many choices....

-Pocketpedia and Tarascon (already have both and have read em)
-Magee
-Reider
-Clinical Sports Medicine
-?

not sure how I'm gonna make this decision...

 

[philaPMR]

in my fourth year pmr msk rotation i used Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities, by Hoppenfeld. i'm told most orthopedists have it as one of the first books they read. i got a lot of good use out of it and think it's worth checking out. good luck.

 

[dc2md]

YES!!!! excellent book! love hoppenfeld too. don't be fooled by the publishing date (1976)...it's still an awesome text...wish they made a second edition though.

 

[olafa]

YES!!!! excellent book! love hoppenfeld too. don't be fooled by the publishing date (1976)...it's still an awesome text...wish they made a second edition though.

Agreed. There's also a neuro hoppenfeld/ the green one is orth0 based and the gold/yellow one is the neuro based.
Would be nice to have real pictures, love those sketches and the antalgic facial grimaces--- little udated but its good as well.👍

 

[dc2md]

hahahahahahaha....those faces are classic. didn't know about a neuro hoppenfeld..that would be cool too.

 

[njdevil]

Musculoskeletal Physical Examination by Malanga & Nadler.

 

[Taus]

Thanks for the input everyone

but don't get anal about being an expert on your first day...you'll learn as you go...hands-on is the best.

Good point....though I absolutely can't stand feeling like I don't know what the hell I'm doing (in any situation..medicine or not). I guess that has always been one of my major motivational factors in trying to master whatever it is that I'm involved with

 

[axm397]

the malanga and nadler book - although I dont' personally own it - is excellent. It has a lot of references and evidence based information. it's also not too dense and very practical. (McGee is great but can be very dense and has lots of exam maneuvers that you may not use in real practice) Love hoppenfeld as well.

 

[Taus]

I went w/ the Malanga/Nadler + a used copy of Hoppenfeld (for 20$!!) as well.

 

[melancholy]

Nice find on the Hoppenfeld. It's usually quite pricey to purchase it new. I still need to find one to add it to my collection.

I can't believe you're finally an MS-III. Seems like you've been around the forums so long already!