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    The Concise Book of Muscles (Paperback) By (author) Chris Jarmey

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    Short Description for The Concise Book of Muscles A comprehensive guide to the six major muscle groups. It provides a profile for each muscle, showing its origin, insertion, action, and nerve supply, the movements that use it, and exercises and stretches that strengthen it. It shows students how to locate and identify specific muscles.
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    Title
    The Concise Book of Muscles
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Chris Jarmey
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 192
    Width: 212 mm
    Height: 275 mm
    Thickness: 280 mm
    Weight: 673 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    Professional and scholarly
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781905367115
    ISBN 10: 1905367112
    Classifications
    Dewey: 612.74
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S6.2
    BIC subject category: MJE
    BISAC category code: MED065000
    Edition
    2, Revised
    Edition statement
    2nd Revised edition
    Illustrations note
    full colour, 150 colour, 120 black & white illustrations
    Publisher
    Lotus Publishing
    Imprint name
    Lotus Publishing
    Publication date
    31 July 2008
    Publication City/Country
    Chichester/GB
    Review quote
    "An easy-to-use reference book...it will help the student and practitioner to not only learn the anatomy, but to understand and apply the information. An excellent addition to the library of anyone studying the human body." James Earls, B.A. (Hons.), Structural Integration and Massage Practitioner, Ultimate Massage Solutions"
    Biographical note
    Amanda Williams (Illustrator) graduated from Middlesex University with a first-class honours degree in Graphic Design (Scientific Illustration). Since then she has worked as a freelance illustrator for various publishers, including Harcourt Brace, Elsevier Science, and The Royal College of Surgeons. Chris Jarmey, M.C.S.P., D.S., M.R.S.S., qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist in 1979, and has taught anatomy, shiatsu, qigong, and bodywork therapy throughout Europe. He is the author of several best-selling books, including Acupressure for Common Ailments and The Concise Book of the Moving Body. The founder of the European Shiatsu School, Jarmey currently runs a bodywork therapy practice in Marlborough, UK.