This book is designed to be an essential resource for both students pursuing a degree in Physiotherapy and practicing physiotherapists seeking a reliable reference.
Physiotherapists need a deep understanding of the musculoskeletal system. This book emphasizes the detailed anatomy of structures most relevant to physiotherapy, providing a comprehensive guide to functional alterations and pathologies. The book is divided into six key sections: The first section includes an introduction to anatomy, osteology, joints, and myology; the three following sections are dedicated to the musculoskeletal system covering the trunk, upper limb, and lower limb, detailing joints, muscles, and the peripheral nervous system; the fifth section focuses on the nervous system, and the last section covers splanchnology, addressing the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems, as well as the muscles of the perineum and pelvic floor.
By correlating anatomical knowledge with potential clinical conditions, this book facilitates a practical and didactic approach to learning, making it an invaluable tool for physiotherapy students and professionals.

Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD, is a specialist in general and digestive surgery and a Senior Lecturer in Physiopathology at the Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio in Madrid, Spain. He has been awarded 15 national and international research grants. He received the Prize of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain in 2014 and the Award of the Valencian Society of Surgery for the best scientific article published in 2015. Currently, he is leading several research projects focused on surgical infections, obesity, and translational research on microbiota and probiotics.
Carlos Carpintero-Rubio obtained his degree in Physiotherapy from the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid in 2000 and completed his doctoral studies at the Complutense University of Madrid in 2016, focusing his research on the historiographic analysis of the concept of muscular chains in physiotherapy. He has been engaged in university-level teaching since 2005 and has held positions in academic management since 2007 at the San Juan de Dios School of Nursing and Physiotherapy (Pontifical University of Comillas) and the San Rafael-Nebrija Health Sciences Center (Nebrija University). His primary fields of expertise and research encompass neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy, inductive therapeutic exercise (ETI), biomechanics, and therapeutic communication, particularly in the context of therapeutic expectations.