Although this material is available from a multitude of other sources, this book packs an amazing quantity of clinical information into a small format. In the preface, Drs. Feldmann and Devinsky cite the void in their medical training of a clinically relevant, easily accessed reference for immediate diagnosis of peripheral nerve disorders. Their experience has served them well in authorship of this text. The visual, diagramatically-oriented student will prosper considerably from their insight.
Major innervations are bold faced for easy reference.
The ensuing section on examination includes tips on history evaluation and techniques of motor, sensory, reflex and autonomic evaluation. Surprisingly, there is no evaluation for cranial nerves incorporated. The bulk of the chapter is dedicated to muscle testing of the extremities, and is not as nerve, root or muscle specific as Kendall's evaluation of the same material. This is the sole imperfection discovered in this book. While perfunctory, this section does manage to touch on a wide array of disorders and is a helpful clinical device.