This valuable review tool features 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers, organized by topic, according to Parts I and II of the NBCE boards. No other product on the market is as comprehensive and useful. It provides a Q&A review with rationale and quick reference tools to help users prepare for the boards. Updated references in each section direct students to supplemental reading for further information. Tables, boxes, and other quick-reference tools summarize content at a glance. This title includes additional digital media when purchased in print format. For this digital book edition, media content is not included. - Approximately 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers are organized and formatted according to the national boards. - Updated references in each section refer readers to supplemental resources, making it easier to investigate specific topics. - Illustrations visually reinforce difficult topics and aid understanding. - Tables, boxes, and other quick reference tools summarize the content at a glance.
This valuable review tool features 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers, organized by topic, according to Parts I and II of the NBCE boards. No other product on the market is as comprehensive and useful. It provides a Q&A review with rationale and quick reference tools to help users prepare for the boards. Updated references in each section direct students to supplemental reading for further information. Tables, boxes, and other quick-reference tools summarize content at a glance. The CD-ROM contains all the questions from the book plus approximately 500 additional questions, answers, and rationales, as well as automatically scored quizzes. Approximately 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers are organized and formatted according to the national boards. Updated references in each section refer readers to supplemental resources, making it easier to investigate specific topics. CD-ROM with automatically scored quizzes enables students to practice and see their scores at the end of each test. Illustrations visually reinforce difficult topics and aid understanding. Tables, boxes, and other quick reference tools summarize the content at a glance. Approximately 500 additional questions are provided on CD-ROM with answers, and rationales.
This is a Pageburst digital textbook; This valuable review tool features 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers, organized by topic, according to Parts I and II of the NBCE boards. No other product on the market is as comprehensive and useful. It provides a Q&A review with rationale and quick reference tools to help users prepare for the boards. Updated references in each section direct students to supplemental reading for further information. Tables, boxes, and other quick-reference tools summarize content at a glance. The CD-ROM contains all the questions from the book plus approximately 500 additional questions, answers, and rationales, as well as automatically scored quizzes. Approximately 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers are organized and formatted according to the national boards. Updated references in each section refer readers to supplemental resources, making it easier to investigate specific topics. CD-ROM with automatically scored quizzes enables students to practice and see their scores at the end of each test. Illustrations visually reinforce difficult topics and aid understanding. Tables, boxes, and other quick reference tools summarize the content at a glance. Approximately 500 additional questions are provided on CD-ROM with answers, and rationales.
Logically organized with comprehensive coverage, this newly revised third edition prepares you to choose the right orthopedic tests, accurately assess any patient, and arrive at a clear diagnosis. Trusted for both its depth of coverage and its accessible, accurate information, it features gamuts, clinical pearls, and cross-reference tables for quick and easy reference. Now in brilliant full color, with all new photos of every test, it's even more visually appealing, and illustrates common conditions and procedural tests more effectively than ever before. This edition offers a fresh look at testing for orthopedic conditions, with detailed text that explains the key moves of each test, its alternate names, and the appropriate reporting statement. Extensive cross-referencing ensures that you can easily find the right test for efficient and effective practice, and protocol charts guide you through the examination process step by step. - Chapters are logically organized by region, and tests within each chapter are arranged alphabetically, so you can find the information you need in seconds! - Each test begins with a brief discussion of basic anatomy, then moves into a description of the actual procedure and ends with next-step directives. - Critical Thinking questions at the end of each chapter help you apply what you've learned to clinical practice. - Orthopedic Gamuts provide summaries of key points in a concise list – numerous gamuts within each chapter help you master material quickly and easily. - Clinical Pearls share the author's knowledge gained through years of clinical experience, helping you avoid common misdiagnoses. - Cross-reference tables offer at-a-glance guidance on which tests should be used to diagnose particular diseases, for maximum accuracy and efficiency in practice. - Each chapter begins with an index of tests for easy reference, and axioms that remind you of elemental information, such as how painful certain maneuvers may be or the extent of some body parts' range. - Contains a chapter on malingering (non-organically-based complaints), helping you investigate and determine the root cause of complaint, whether due to injury, for psychological reasons, or an attempt to feign injury for various purposes, such as for improper receipt of worker's compensation. - Companion DVD contains video footage of Dr. Evans performing and explaining each assessment test in the book. - Full-color photographs demonstrate how to perform 237 orthopedic tests! - At the Viewbox feature contains high-quality radiographs that depict various pathologies, as well as musculature and other anatomy that can't be shown photographically.
This book emphasizes on the 250 most popular questions for Part 1 Boards. Chiro Board Review has taken the time to go 1 by 1 and explained them all. Not only the correct answers are explained, but the the other 3 incorrect answers are also explained. Going over tons of questions is crucial for a passing grade, but going over the most popular questions on Boards is VITAL for a smooth passing grade. This book contains 250 of the most asked questions. Also includes GAME PLAN for before, during, and after the exam. In addition we decided to include 15 secrets NBCE(R) doesn't want you to know about creating and grading exams.
The Fourth Edition of this best-selling reference is a compendium of evidence-based approaches to the most common presenting complaints. Covering both musculoskeletal and visceral complaints, this text is intended to direct the chiropractor toward an appropriate plan of approach in both diagnostic evaluation and care. Highlighting these approaches are flowcharts (algorithms), relevant historical questioning, and summaries of common conditions related to the presenting complaint.
The second edition of the Handbook of Test Development provides graduate students and professionals with an up-to-date, research-oriented guide to the latest developments in the field. Including thirty-two chapters by well-known scholars and practitioners, it is divided into five sections, covering the foundations of test development, content definition, item development, test design and form assembly, and the processes of test administration, documentation, and evaluation. Keenly aware of developments in the field since the publication of the first edition, including changes in technology, the evolution of psychometric theory, and the increased demands for effective tests via educational policy, the editors of this edition include new chapters on assessing noncognitive skills, measuring growth and learning progressions, automated item generation and test assembly, and computerized scoring of constructed responses. The volume also includes expanded coverage of performance testing, validity, fairness, and numerous other topics. Edited by Suzanne Lane, Mark R. Raymond, and Thomas M. Haladyna, The Handbook of Test Development, 2nd edition, is based on the revised Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, and is appropriate for graduate courses and seminars that deal with test development and usage, professional testing services and credentialing agencies, state and local boards of education, and academic libraries serving these groups.
The first-ever book to describe the rationale behind adjustment techniques for the spine, pelvis, and extremities, this NEW 2nd Edition offers thoroughly revised chapters, new illustrations, a reorganized layout, and extensive updates. The basic anatomical, biomechanical, and pathophysiological principles necessary for applying specific adjustive procedures are discussed in detail. It also offers a fundamental understanding of joint and body mechanics, as well as key evaluative tests and procedures, to help the reader evaluate, select, and utilize the most effective adjustive techniques. Coverage of chiropractic history provides a broad understanding of general concepts and practice. Theory and practice combine to make Chiropractic Technique, 2nd Edition a must-have for anyone seeking a solid foundation in joint examination and chiropractic adjustment. The text is organized by joint system, focusing on practical anatomy, kinematics, evaluation, and technique for each system so each chapter can stand on its own as an independent discussion Specific evaluative procedures demonstrate how to identify the characteristics of manipulable lesions Background on the history of chiropractic provides an excellent foundation for joint examination and adjustive techniques Extensive photos and line drawings vividly illustrate each technique References throughout the book direct the reader to sources for more detailed information on chapter content Mechanical principles are addressed, which help the reader understand differences between adjustive procedures and how each should be performed A convenient list of joints and a joint index are included on the end sheets for quick, easy reference Authors are well known and well-respected in the chiropractic field. All chapters have been revised and updated to include the latest information available Joint anatomy and basic biomechanics coverage offers a more clinical focus in this Edition A New Chapter on mobilization, traction, and soft tissue techniques presents these similar techniques in one chapter, organized according to development and slight variation, for a clear, objective look at each one. A new user-friendly layout arranges content and illustrations so information is accessible and the text is easy-to-read.
