عنوان

Palpation and assessment skills :

(Number (ISBN

0443072183

(Number (ISBN

9780443072185

Number

b783890

Title Proper

Palpation and assessment skills :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

assessment and diagnosis through touch /

First Statement of Responsibility

Leon Chaitow ; foreword by Viola M. Frymann ; illustrated by Graeme Chambers.

Edition Statement

2nd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Churchill Livingstone,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 392 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations +

Accompanying Material

1 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)

Text of Note

Revised edition of: Palpation skills. 1996.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Using appropriate pressure (and the MPI) -- Objective: palpatory literacy -- Structure and function: are they inseparable? -- Palpatory accuracy: mirage or reality? -- Visual assessment, the dominant eye, and other issues -- Fundamentals of palpation -- Morphology of reflex and acupuncture points -- Palpating and assessing the skin -- Is it a muscle or a joint problem? -- Palpating for changes in muscle structure -- Red, white and black reaction -- Palpation of subtle movements (including circulation of CSF, energy and has tissue a memory?) -- Assessing dural restriction -- Assessment of abnormal mechanical tension in the nervous system -- Source of pain: is it reflex or local? -- Introduction to functional palpation -- Joint play, end-feel, range of motion: what are they? -- Palpation and assessment of joints (including spine and pelvis) -- Percussion palpation -- Visceral palpation and respiratory function assessment -- Palpating the traditional Chinese pulses -- Palpation without touch -- About hyperventilation -- Palpation and emotional states -- Location of Chapman's neurolymphatic reflexes.

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Text of Note

This useful guide to palpation for musculoskeletal diagnosis and assessment describes and illustrates the skills needed to increase sophistication of palpatory assessment skills and practice. A companion CD-ROM supports the skills with video clips, and each technique is reinforced with practical exercises and self-assessment questions. (Product description).

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Edition

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Book Number

Chaitow, Leon.

Chaitow, Leon.

Date of Transaction

20201206221008.0

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[Book]

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