Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation

This is a well presented, compact colour atlas detailing the majority of rheumatological conditions which are amenable to photography.Each chapter begins with a resume of the condition under discussion followed by a mixture of clinical and X-ray pictures, each accompanied by an appropriate legend.The longest chapter deals with rheumatoid arthritis and emphasises the multi-system nature of this disease.The following chapter on juvenile chronic arthritis was the only disappointment, in that it utilised the term Still's disease more frequently than one would in clinical practice today.After dealing with inflammatory condition the author covers degenerative arthopathies, crystal arthopathies and connective tissues diseases.A picture of an LE cell is perhaps unnecessary since this test would now be obsolete in most laboratories but suppose may turn up in an examination situation.Rarer arthopathies and miscellaneous conditions are then covered.Generally the quality of the photographs is good, although a few of the X-rays have not been well reproduced.This book is recommended to fit in the pocket of any clinician, whatever their specialty or stage of career, and has the value of providing a spectrum of rheumatology that can be covered in a matter of minutes.