This is a classic reborn for its Golden Anniversary. The 6th Edition of this hallmark text celebrates 50 years in print with a Golden Anniversary Edition that retains its classic approach to functional movement. This title features an all-new author team, a brand-new, full-color design, and new learning and teaching resources online at DavisPlus. All make the field's gold standard more valuable than ever as it prepares readers to apply theory to clinical practice. This new edition introduces a new author team, Peggy A. Houglum, PhD, ATC, PT and Dolores Bertoti, MS, PT, noted educators, practitioners, and authors. It brings important concepts to life with a new, full-color design, new, larger, page size, and hundreds of new photographs and illustrations. It offers new learning and teaching resources online at DavisPlus. It integrates many new clinical examples and functional, clinically relevant laboratory activities throughout the text. It presents new clinical scenarios (with solutions) in each chapter. It features three, brand-new chapters, Kinesiological Applications in Daily Functional Activities, Upper Extremity ADLs, and Sports and Leisure. It includes a glossary of important words and terms. It links theoretical concepts to their practical applications with Practice Points boxes. It examines the properties of bone, cartilage, ligaments, and fascia. It emphasizes the kinesiologic issue best illustrated for each region of the body. It discusses joints, ligaments, end-feels, accessory joint motion, the innervation and anatomical actions of muscles, and applications of mechanical and physiological principles.

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