This revised and expanded text offers an in-depth look at both the issues and techniques involved in current chiropractic treatment; social aspects are also reviewed. Advanced testing procedures such as computerized tomography, magnetic resonance, electromyography and blood and urine evaluation are addressed. Recent advances in the technical skills of manipulation or adjustment of the spine are also covered.
This revised and expanded text offers an in-depth look at both the issues and techniques involved in current chiropractic treatment; social aspects are also reviewed. Advanced testing procedures such as computerized tomography, magnetic resonance, electromyography and blood and urine evaluation are addressed. Recent advances in the technical skills of manipulation or adjustment of the spine are also covered.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 250 mm
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978-0-8385-6350-2 (9780838563502)
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Spinal manipulation before chiropractic; chiropractic - medical and social protest as part of hidden American history; modern evolution of chiropractic in North America; chiropractic growth outside of North America; the sociology of chiropractic - future options and directions; the origin and development of traditional chiropractic philosophy; contemporary chiropractic philosophy; spinal anatomy - the relationship of structures; the physiology of nerve compression; spinal reflex physiology; physiology of spinal pain; systemic effects of spinal lesions; biomechanics of the cervical spine; biomechanics of the lumbar spine; pathophysiology of the invertebral disc; the pathophysiology of zygapophyseal joints; pathophysiology of the sacroiliac joint; interaction of spinal biomechanics and physiology; manual examination of the spine; the use of instrumentation and laboratory examination procedures by the chiropractor; spinal X-rays for pathology recognition; spinal imaging and the practice of chiropractic; the role of computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine; effectiveness of spinal manipulation and adjustments; the basic principles in the performance of a chiropractic adjustment - a historical review and classification; diversified techniques; traction and distraction techniques; the high velocity thrust adjustment; soft tissue and non-force techniques; spinal rehabilitation; musculoskeletal complications; cerebrovascular complications of manipulation; standards of care and peer review.
