Ortho/PM&R texts

[PainDr]

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Is anyone familiar with the book "Orthopedic examination, evaluation and intervention" by Dutton? I'm trying to decide between that one and Magee. Also, how do they compare to Braddom? I'm a neurologist and just completed an interventional pain fellowship. I have a good background in spine, but really need to expand my knowledge in other areas of ortho and rehab. I really want a comprehensive reference.

Thanks!

 

[Disciple]

I would go with Magee. It describes pretty much every Orthopaedic PE maneuver known to man. I would supplement this with "Musculoskeletal Physical Examination, An Evidenced Based Approach" by Malanga/Nadler. This book has a literature review on the sensitivity/specificity of each PE maneuver helping you to get the highest yield possible when examining patients.

Ortho PT Secrets, "Physical Rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete" by Andrews/Wilk and the Ortho PT Text by Brotzman are all good sources for rehab.

If you're really interested you should take a course by Gary Gray, PT or read some of the stuff by Janda, PT. Very good in giving an overview of functional PE beyond the basic Ortho maneuvers and gives a good overview on options to treat musculoskeletal pain without meds or needles.

Don't get Braddom. This is one of the comprehensive PM&R texts that will probably be too general and have too many chapters on stroke, wheel chairs, pressure ulcers, spinal cord injury, etc. for your liking.

 

[prefontaine]

FYI: The late Professor Vladimir Janda was a neurologist.

 

[melancholy]

FYI: The late Professor Vladimir Janda was a neurologist.

Janda did quite a bit of research very relevant to neuromuscular medicine and areas of rehabilitation. Wasn't rehab in the old days populated with specialists such as neurologists and orthopedic surgeons before the rise in physiatrists? i.e. Jacqueline Perry, an orthopod at Rancho Los Amigos with extensive research done on gait analysis, etc.

All this being said, it's interesting going through some of Janda's papers.. translations and all.

 

[drusso]

FYI: The late Professor Vladimir Janda was a neurologist.

He was also a manual medicine practitioner too.