Science in the Art of Osteopathy

Osteopathic Principles and Practice

Caroline Stone (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

1999
Nelson Thornes Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7487-3328-6 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive overview of all major areas of osteopathic principles, practice and management styles. The main theme of this testbook is homeostasis and the role of biomechanics of body tissues within health and disease. A real-life insight with case-studies to demonstrate the efficiency of osteopathy for a wide range of issues.

This work discusses fundamental anatomy and physiology in the context of osteopathic practice; bridges the gap between empirical osteopathy and modern Western medicine; explores the role of osteopathy in current healthcare practice; and, reviews all major areas of osteopathic principles, practice and management styles. Case studies are used to demonstrate the efficiency of osteopathy for a wide range of conditions.

Placing osteopathy in relation to health-care philosophies and systems; adaptness to function; body structure, motion and physiology; signalling, communication and change; comparison and contrasts within biomechanical models; fluid dynamics and body movement; principles of evaluation.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.1999
Illustrationen	Oxford Designers and Illustrators
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 246 mm
Gewicht	780 g
Themenwelt	Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Behandlungstechniken ► Osteopathie
Themenwelt	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
ISBN-10	0-7487-3328-0 / 0748733280
ISBN-13	978-0-7487-3328-6 / 9780748733286
Zustand	Neuware