Muscles: Testing and Testing and Function with Posture and Pain (Kendall, Muscles) Fifth, North American Edition

Contains the best photos and descriptions. Great organization and easy to find needed information. Have kept this book after completing physical therapy school and have referred to it several times. Recommend purchase

It’s a must for historical purposes in my opinion.

In this latest edition of the classic Physical Therapy textbook, the organization of the information has been overhauled and it contains less chapters. I never read the previous editions, but the author claims it is better organized. I found it to be well-organized indeed.The photos are great, including the classic black/white pictures demonstrating the different tests. The anatomy drawings are very good with excellent detailed descriptions of functional anatomy. The Primal Pictures CD-ROM included with the book is awesome. You can rotate anatomy diagrams 360 degrees while adding and removing anatomical structures such as ligaments, stabilizer and postural muscles, prime movers, veins, arteries, nerves, etc. It's a fantastic tool! I'm currently using some images for a couple of articles I'm writing on corrective stretching and strengthening. It is most certainly a must read for fitness and therapy pros.

Like--excellent for isolating a muscle for testing, and for palpation when challenged, which helps sort out diagnosis.-excellent updated text, do not let old black white pictures appearance mislead, this is a classic text which greatly benefits diagnose difficult clinical presentations in sports and pain clinic

information as expected

In the fields of fitness, physical therapy, sports, orthopedics or anatomy and biomechanical interest, this book is a classic that should prove invaluable to you. It can help professionals or laypeople discover muscular imbalances, injuries and causes of pain in their bodies or the bodies of others.It is clearly and well presented, very well-researched and accepted in the medical field. My main profession is fitness and health trainer and this book is a tremendous contribution to my practice.

Recommended by my group of physical therapists as an essential to their libraries, I find it equally valuable for the aging fellow experiencing the aches and pains that accompany life past 60. This is not a book for the faint of pocket book as it is a text book and commands the inflated price.If you don't have frequent need for a muscle reference, I wouldn't spend the money, but it you like a complete story related to aches and pains of particular muscles, this is a nice book to own. I suspect that like airplanes, summer cabins, and box seats to the Yankees games, it is something you'd like your best friend to own.

I bought this as a gift for my fitness trainer who is has a degree in Kinesiology. The book is technical enough for him and yet written plainly enough for me to understand. It became clear that his work with me on improved posture and range of motion was warranted. The book made it plain to see.However, I wouldn't recommend the book for anyone that isn't interested in textbook type information. It is thorough and technical and very textbook-like.