This book explores rehabilitation methodology in Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), providing a description of the main traditional strategies used by physiotherapists. It supplies both physiotherapists and students with updated information on scientific professional choices for the patient's benefit by collecting traditional knowledge and trying to answer a fundamental question: is there an objective way of rehabilitating patients by using traditional concepts at the light of new evidences? Every...
Manipulations Des Dysfonctions Pelviennes Féminines
by Olivier Bazin and Marc Naudin
Introduction to Recreation Services for People with Disabilities
by Charles C. Bullock and Michael J. Mahon
Conditioning for Strength and Human Performance
Fully revised and updated, the third edition of Conditioning for Strength and Human Performance provides strength and conditioning students with the clearest and most accessible introduction to the scientific principles underpinning the discipline. Covering bioenergetics and nutrition, a systematic approach to physiological and endocrinological adaptations to training and the biomechanics of resistance training, no other book provides such a thorough grounding in the science of strength and cond...
An Illustrated Guide to Taping Techniques
by Thomas John Hewetson, Karin Austin, Kathryn A. Gwynn-Brett, and Sarah Marshall
The successful and acclaimed "An Illustrated Guide to Taping Techniques" has now been fully updated and expanded in its second edition. Injuries are a constant problem in sporting life and often require immediate, on-the-spot action to alleviate pain and limit further damage. This book addresses the two most essential elements of effective taping - recognition of injuries and application of techniques. Accessible, portable and easy to use, the book is organized into two sections: the first cover...
Abseits der herkoemmlichen Touristenstroeme, in der Mitte Chinas, liegt das Wudang-Gebirge. Hier hat eine besondere Form des Daoismus, der ureigenen chinesischen Religion, ihre Wurzeln. Die Sanfeng-Daoisten betreiben Kampfkunste und praktizieren ein spezielles Qigong. Ein Herzstuck dieses Qigongs ist die Methode "Seiner Natur folgen - zuruckkehren zum Ursprung", die dem grossen Meister Huo Long (um 1200) zugeschrieben wird. Ziel der UEbung ist es, verbrauchtes, Krankheit verursachendes Qi aus de...
The Student Physiotherapist's Companion: A Case-Based Test-Your-Knowledge Guide - E-Book
Whittle's Gait Analysis - Elsevier E-Book on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card)
Campbell's Physical Therapy for Children Expert Consult Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card)
by Robert J. Palisano, Margo Orlin, and Joseph Schreiber
In this manual, healers will learn about a healing session from beginning to end along with information about the energies at work in a healing, and hand positions that facilitate healing. The intermediate healer will find that this book serves as a quick reference to the ways Source works with techniques to promote healing.
A Guide to Planning and Support for Individuals Who Are Deafblind
In this ground-breaking collection, leading experts in the field address the problems of parents, intervenors, and professionals who work with people who have been deafblind since birth or from a very early age. Individuals who are congenitally deafblind face the same challenges as those who become deafblind later in life, but they have not had the same opportunity to develop the communications skills and a conceptual base needed to construct an understanding of the world. The contributors addre...
Neuroscience - Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card): Fundamentals for Rehabilitation
by Laurie Lundy-Ekman
Checklisten Anatomie Und Physiologie Für Physiotherapeuten
by Christoff Zalpour and Greta Ginski
Motor Control and Learning
This book is the first to view the effects of development, aging, and practice on the control of human voluntary movement from a contemporary context. Emphasis is on the links between progress in basic motor control research and applied areas such as motor disorders and motor rehabilitation. Relevant to both professionals in the areas of motor control, movement disorders, and motor rehabilitation, and to students starting their careers in one of these actively developed areas.
Essentials of Kinesiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant E-Book
by Paul Jackson Mansfield and Donald A Neumann
Charles Ridley is known for having refined a version of biodynamic craniosacral work that is nonmedical and nonmechanical. In Stillness, he clarifies the three fundamental types of this work — biomechanical, functional, and biodynamic. He explains the requirements and pitfalls of each model, and how to discern the differences and similarities between them. He guides the practitioner experientially to explore what he is describing, and offers exercises drawn from his own practice to help therapis...
'After a few sessions with you, Nathan became aware of how he was carrying himself. We noticed a change in his gait. He was straighter, taller and more assertive in his walking. His gait was that of a confident man... He beamed with pride as I went on and on about how differently he presented himself. It shook me up!' --letter to Ron Rubio from the mother of a 22-year-old client with Asperger's Syndrome People with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) typically experience difficulty with balance, coordina...