Product Description

Now featuring full-colour illustrations, this classic text is written specifically for physiotherapy students studying human anatomy.

Accompanying the text are fantastic online resources for students and lecturers. Student and lecturer resources, including a complete image bank, are available through the Evolve website.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24280 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 688 pages

From the Publisher
New Features Completely revised material provides a fully integrated approach, now streamlined and reorganised into five chapters.Chapters on viscera and blood supply have been incorporated into discussions related to the upper and lower limbs, for more relevant presentations of the material.New full-color format clarifies and highlights specific structures and features.Improved navigation uses color-coded sections to help readers find specific information quickly

About the Author
FIELD, DEREK - Grad, Dip, Phys, FCSP, DipTP, MACP, SRP, Formerly Vice Principal, North London School of Physiotherapy, UK

Palastanga, Nigel - MA, BA, MCSP, DMS, DipTP, Dean, School of Healthcare Studies, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK

SOAMES, ROGER - BSc PhD, Head in Anatomy, Centre for Human Biology, University of Leeds, UK

Customer Reviews

great improvement
Normally it takes me 10 minutes to search through an anatomy text book to find one small piece of information (and when you are studying - every 10 minutes count). This new edition of 'Anatomy and Human movement' however, is lead out in such a simple and logical sequence that finding exactly what you're looking for takes no time at all. Also, the introduction of coloured diagrams and colour coded sections makes it much more easily read than the fourth edition.
This is a great improvement from the previous edition and well worth the investment for any student or professional.

Thorough and worth purchasing
A significant improvement from the previous editions that lacked colour and imagination. The 5th edition has coloured tabs for sectioning thus making the book easier to navigate. The coherent and colour illustrations bring some life into the book and are supported by indepth and detailed text, including where to palpate. Although not the most riveting book to read, though this is an anatomy book after all, it does provide excellent knowledge and clear manageable section summaries. A good value for money anatomy book and invaluable for studying.

As the author emphasise, the book is based on "understanding the mechanisms which allow movement to take place", which they have adequately achieved. It has certainly helped me in my studies, as I am sure it has enlightened many others. I don't really have anything negative to say, except it's a little wordy and in my opinion, compared to other anatomy book it's still visually on the dull side.

Good detail and plenty of diagrams.Great!
Though the format is quite bland, this book is an excellent study aid as it goes through all the skeletal muscles in good detail with easy to understand text and complimenting diagrams. In addition to this it contains easy to follow sections relating to joint structure and movement. Altogether indispensible. I would reccommend it for anyone needing to study more detailed human anatomy for a course or job.