Book excerpt: This pocket reference offers you instant access to the information you need to provide well-organized, efficient, and thorough neuromusculo-skeletal examinations. Inside, easy-to-access charts - organized by major body regions - present various special tests for each area; explain what each test is meant to detect; briefly describe how the test is performed; identify how to recognize a positive result; and indicate treatment options. You'll also find a reference table of indications and contraindications for physical agents and for normal ranges of motion; evaluation outlines for respiratory, cardiac, amputee, neurologic, and acute inpatient orthopedic evaluation; commonly encountered lab results; diagrams for sclerotomes and dermatomes; and much more.