Clark’s Essential Guide to Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Musculoskeletal X-rays

This easy-to-understand guide in the highly respected Clark’s stable of diagnostic imaging texts is an invaluable tool for student and qualified radiographers, providing practical advice and instruction on how to formulate a comment following image evaluation of musculoskeletal X-rays. Covering both trauma and pathology of the musculoskeletal system, the reader can find essential information quickly, with content including key points and take-home messages throughout.

Clark’s Essential Guide to Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Musculoskeletal X-rays takes the systematic approach adopted within books in the Clark’s family and is designed to be clear and consistent. Accessible text and high-quality illustration ensure that this book will both educate those practitioners learning to evaluate images and support those doing it routinely in clinical practice. Additionally, the book provides invaluable guidance to those departments that have not yet progressed to commenting but are looking to introduce this by outlining a development plan for staff and suggesting content for any formal documentation that is required.

Table of Contents:

Section 1. Introduction  Chapter 1 Introduction.  Chapter 2 Bone Physiology.  Section 2 Upper Limb Trauma.  Chapter 3 Hand and Wrist.  Chapter 4 Radius and Ulna.  Chapter 5 Elbow.  Chapter 6 Shoulder and Proximal Humerus.  Section 3 Lower Limb Trauma.  Chapter 7 Foot.  Chapter 8 Ankle.  Chapter 9 Knee.  Chapter 10 Pelvis and Hip.  Section 4 Axial Trauma.  Chapter 11 Spine.  Chapter 12: Facial Bones.  Section 5 Radiological Signs of Abuse.  Chapter 13 SPA in Children.  Chapter 14 Elder Abuse.  Section 6 Radiological Signs of Abuse.  Chapter 15 Commenting on Arthritis.  Chapter 16 Commenting on Infection.  Chapter 17 Commenting on Bone Lesions.  Section 7 Practice Cases.  Chapter 18 Practice Cases