Glowing appraisal of an AO book

“It belongs on the shelves of all orthopaedic units involved in research.”

The book

The 2nd expanded edition of the AO Handbook: Musculoskeletal Outcomes Measures and Instruments was launched in 2009. This softcover book, spread out over two volumes, numbers approximately 800 pages and includes assessments of more than 300 outcome measurements.

Written by Michael Suk, Beate P Hanson, Daniel C Norvell, and David L Helfet, the value of this updated reference book has already been noted by many surgeons and word of its usefulness is spreading.

Review

International Musculoskeletal Medicine (Volume 32, Number 1, 2010) carries a glowing review of this AO publication.

The reviewers, Dr Amgad Nakhla and Prof Justin Cobb, have the following to say, 

“The authors identify in the preface their primary intent to ‘identify the most commonly used musculoskeletal outcomes instruments reported in the literature.’ They have successfully achieved this goal.”

“The introductory chapters are very informative.”

“We recommend this book to every researcher setting out to decide on which instrument to use. It belongs on the shelves of all orthopaedic units involved in research.”

International Musculoskeletal Medicine is the official journal of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine (SOM), the British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM) and the International Academy for Manual/Musculoskeletal Medicine.

Find out more, order online

Clicking here will take you straight to the AO Publication Website where you can find out more information about The AO Handbook: Musculoskeletal Outcomes Measures and Instruments. Read a sample chapter, browse the table of contents, and place an order for your copy from the online shop.