McMinn's Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy Elsevier Science, Edinburgh

McMinn's Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy Elsevier Science, Edinburgh

620 Book reviews McMinn’s Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy Elsevier Science, Edinburgh 2003, 5th edn (ISBN 0 7234 3212 0). Illus. 378 pages by Peter Abr...

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Book reviews McMinn’s Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy Elsevier Science, Edinburgh 2003, 5th edn (ISBN 0 7234 3212 0). Illus. 378 pages by Peter Abrahams, Sandy Marks and Ralph Hutchings £39 The latest edition of this book is a beautifully produced text, which would be an excellent reference tool for specialist neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapists, seeking very detailed information on anatomical structures, through to student physiotherapists engaged in the process of learning the fundamental topographical relationships that will inform their future craft. Readers are led into each anatomical area in an intuitive way, with careful juxtapositioning of clear, labelled photographs of dissections and explanatory line diagrams. Clinical relevance is enhanced by the use of surface anatomy ‘locators’ that demonstrate the region dissected on a live model. Particularly helpful is the provision of clinical notes in

Orthotics A comprehensive clinical approach Slack, Thorofare, New Jersey 2002 (ISBN 1 55642 416 7). 192 pages by Joan E Edelstein and Jan Bruckner £31.50 This book is intended as a text for students and a reference for practitioners of various professions such as physiotherapists, physicians, occupational therapists, orthotists, pedorthists, rehabilitation nurses and other healthcare professionals. It should live up to being a very useful resource tool. The main focus of the book is to provide readers with knowledge of a wide variety of orthotic designs and materials. This is to enable clinicians to prescribe orthoses which patients will both comply with and benefit from; following a thorough evaluation of biomechanical, neuromusculoskeletal and psychosocial aspects. This work is well organised, starting with a base introduction to orthotics and then following in a logical order anatomically, chapter through chapter. The illustrations within each section are a necessary visual aid to help with the Physiotherapy October 2003/vol 89/no 10

each section, which identify the clinical correlates of anatomical structures. These notes are presented in highlighted in-text boxes which further increases the accessibility of the information. Where appropriate, radiological and laparoscopic images are also provided, and these additional sources and modalities of information further support the process which enables the generation by readers of a detailed mental three-dimensional image of a region. An additional educational feature is the inclusion of a CDROM which contains three-dimensional anatomical models of seven regions of the body. The images created may be rotated, layers of muscle may be added and removed, and there is also a self-test function. The CD-ROM would be a particularly useful tool for students, to support them in their initial learning of three-dimensional regional anatomy. Overall, this is a very well-produced and reader-friendly text that would be a useful reference tool within physiotherapy departments and university libraries, or bought for personal use by therapists with a specific interest in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy practice. Karen Harrison MSc BEd MCSP ILTM DipTP

understanding of the subject matter. Their clarity adds to their usefulness as a resource tool. References are clearly documented at the end of each chapter, together with relevant recommended reading. The appendices are up to date, with contacts for professional organisations and sources for orthoses, materials and components, together with the modern approach of relevant websites. The only drawback is that the professional organisations contact list and sources (appendix B) are all, bar one, American based. In such a form they do not take into consideration worldwide distribution and readership or a worldwide knowledge base. There are useful learning tools at the end of the chapters, namely ‘Thought questions’. These are intended to provoke readers’ clinical reasoning skills, to aid best prescribing and appropriate rehabilitation. These are reinforced by case studies and guidance with orthotic prescription, short- and long-term goal setting and a physiotherapy plan from both of the authors. In conclusion, the authors through this first edition have developed a very readable and visually stimulating resource tool, which welcomes readers, whatever their profession. Rachel Clarke BSc MCSP