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Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963 - A Medicine of Revolution (Hardcover): Kim Taylor Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963 - A Medicine of Revolution (Hardcover)
Kim Taylor
R4,361 Discovery Miles 43 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China" describes the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the mid-twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The analysis begins with the start of the Civil war 1945-49, when the CCP was entrenched in rural Yan'an and began to enlist practitioners of Chinese medicine into the communist revolution. Taylor explains that Chinese medicine achieved the scale of promotion it did precisely because it fitted in, sometimes in an almost accidental fashion, with the ideals of the Communist Revolution. In deconstructing the events of this period, this study succeeds in clarifying the circumstances in which a number of key issues in the recent history of Chinese medicine, previously regarded as proof of Mao Zedong's unerring support of Chinese medicine, took place. These include the formation of the term 'Traditional Chinese Medicine' (or 'TCM'), the exact circumstances of Mao Zedong's declaration that 'Chinese medicine is a great treasure-house!' and the unlikely beginnings of the formation of a 'Basic Theory of TCM'. By 1963 the foundation for the institutionalized and standardized format of modern Chinese medicine found in China and abroad today had been laid.

Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations - Trauma-Informed Practices to Facilitate Growth (Paperback): Christine C... Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations - Trauma-Informed Practices to Facilitate Growth (Paperback)
Christine C Forner
R1,116 Discovery Miles 11 160 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Dissociation, Mindfulness, and Creative Meditations explores the potential of mindfulness and explains why this level of developmental human achievement is so precarious within traumatic stress, especially traumatic dissociation. Chapters discuss the connection and disconnection between mindfulness and dissociative disorders and highlight the importance of gently creating a mindfulness practice for traumatized individuals. Readers will learn how to exercise the part of the brain that is responsible for mindfulness and how to regulate the part that is responsible for dissociation, and they'll come away from the book with tips that will help even the most dissociative client to reap the benefits of mindfulness practices.

Chinese Herbal Medicine - Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas (Hardcover, New): Chongyun Liu, Angela Tseng, Sue Yang Chinese Herbal Medicine - Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas (Hardcover, New)
Chongyun Liu, Angela Tseng, Sue Yang
R5,616 Discovery Miles 56 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A roadmap for easily navigating through the complexities of Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas presents information about herbal formulas in a practical and easy-to-access format. Bridging the gap between classroom study and the clinical setting, the book supplies information on disease symptoms and their corresponding Chinese herbal formulas. Drawing from more than 20 years of experience, the author includes more than 840 formulas that can be used to tailor herbal formulas to meet the specific needs of every patient. Integrating traditional medicine with allopathic terminology, the book provides quick reference to both Chinese and Western diagnoses. Part I provides the herbal formulas in tables, giving quick and easy access to the information. Part II contains allopathic symptoms listed in alphabetical order within each chapter. These two sections allow users to compare back and forth between TCM and allopathic diagnoses. In addition, Part III lists 640 single herbs arranged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine classification system and organized into tables so that practitioners can quickly scan for the similarities and differences of each herb. A number of cross-referenced indexes make it easy to find single herbs and herbal formulas either by their Pinyin, English, or Botanical Latin name. The wealth of information and range of topics covered combined with the straightforward presentation make the book a useful clinical desktop reference and guide for practitioners and students.

The Politics of Healing - Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America (Paperback): Robert D. Johnston The Politics of Healing - Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America (Paperback)
Robert D. Johnston
R1,203 Discovery Miles 12 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere. A recent survey found that more than two in five Americans uses some form of alternative medicine. The Politics of Healing brings together top scholars in the fields of American history, history of medicine, anthropology, sociology, and politics to counter the view that alternative medical therapies fell into disrepute in the decades after physicians established their institutional authority during the Progressive Era. From homeopathy to Navajo healing, this volume explores a variety of alternative therapies and political movements that have set the terms of debate over North American healing methods.

The Politics of Healing - Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America (Hardcover, New): Robert D.... The Politics of Healing - Histories of Alternative Medicine in Twentieth-Century North America (Hardcover, New)
Robert D. Johnston
R3,942 Discovery Miles 39 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere. A recent survey found that more than two in five Americans uses some form of alternative medicine. "The Politics of Healing" brings together top scholars in the fields of American history, history of medicine, anthropology, sociology, and politics to counter the view that alternative medical therapies fell into disrepute in the decades after physicians established their institutional authority during the Progressive Era. From homeopathy to Navajo healing, this volume explores a variety of alternative therapies and political movements that have set the terms of debate over North American healing methods.

Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Studies in Social Context (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Professor Bryan S.... Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Studies in Social Context (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Professor Bryan S. Turner; Edited by Philip Tovey, Gary Easthope, Jon Adams
R4,353 Discovery Miles 43 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies (Hardcover, New): Lakshmi C. Mishra Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies (Hardcover, New)
Lakshmi C. Mishra
R4,565 Discovery Miles 45 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Arguably the oldest form of health care, Ayurveda is often referred to as the "Mother of All Healing." Although there has been considerable scientific research done in this area during the last 50 years, the results of that research have not been adequately disseminated. Meeting the need for an authoritative, evidence-based reference, Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies is the first book to analyze and synthesize current research supporting Ayurvedic medicine.

This book reviews the latest scientific information, evaluates the research data, and presents it in an easy to use format. The editor has carefully selected topics based on the availability of scientific studies and the prevalence of a disease. With contributions from experts in their respective fields, topics include Ayurvedic disease management, panchkarma, Ayurvedic bhasmas, the current status of Ayurveda in India, clinical research design, and evaluation of typical clinical trials of certain diseases, to name just a few.

While there are many books devoted to Ayurveda, very few have any in-depth basis in scientific studies. This book provides a critical evaluation of literature, clinical trials, and biochemical and pharmacological studies on major Ayurvedic therapies that demonstrates how they are supported by scientific data. Providing a natural bridge from Ayurveda to Western medicine, Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies facilitates the integration of these therapies by health care providers.

Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Studies in Social Context (Paperback): Professor Bryan S. Turner Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Studies in Social Context (Paperback)
Professor Bryan S. Turner; Edited by Philip Tovey, Gary Easthope, Jon Adams
R1,467 Discovery Miles 14 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Ladies' Dispensatory (Hardcover): Carey Balaban, Jonathan Erlen, Richard Sederits Ladies' Dispensatory (Hardcover)
Carey Balaban, Jonathan Erlen, Richard Sederits
R3,791 Discovery Miles 37 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Leonard Sowerby's self-healing manual for women, The Ladies' Dispensatory, emerged in England in 1652 amidst an abundance of medical self-help books for the lay citizen. Written for both the common patient and the amateur health provider, these manuals of home remedies provided their readers with a variety of potential solutions to common ailments or disease.
The editors have resurrected Sowerby's original manuscript and have provided both historical and medical explanation of its uses and usefulness. From a common garlic remedy to 'fortify the brain' to 'a hog's heel, burned to powder' for easing colic, The Ladies' Dispensatory is a delightfully unique look at health and hygiene in the seventeenth century.

Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (Hardcover): Christopher B. Johnson, Chlodwig Franz Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (Hardcover)
Christopher B. Johnson, Chlodwig Franz
R5,416 Discovery Miles 54 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The field of medicinal/aromatic plant breeding is growing and changing?this resource will help you stay up to date!
In this essential book, researchers from large and small laboratories and institutions throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region explore recent developments in the selection and breeding of aromatic and medicinal plants. They take varied approaches?from traditional breeding to the use of molecular markers?and complement them with up-to-date information on biodiversity and resource conservation.
"From the editors: ?It is widely recognized that a strategy of conservation through use, ? by which plant collection via wild harvesting is replaced by controlled cultivation, is the best way forward if we are to balance human demands with the necessary conservation of the biodiversity represented by these species. That provides one major driving force for research in this field. Another concerns the very real need for improving the quality control of products on the market, both to satisfy consumer demand and to conform with the (justifiably) increasing requirements for standardization and precise identification of the composition of the plant materials being sold for human use. We hope that this volume will give readers a taste of the exciting developments in the field.?"
Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants examines: breeding for resistance and abiotic factors manipulating natural product accumulation through genetic engineering biochemical and molecular regulation of essential oil accumulation economic and legal considerations that breeders will encounter the ethical aspects of breeding these plants

Rasayana - Ayurvedic Herbs for Longevity and Rejuvenation (Hardcover): H.S. Puri Rasayana - Ayurvedic Herbs for Longevity and Rejuvenation (Hardcover)
H.S. Puri
R4,523 Discovery Miles 45 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Rasayana, one of the least understood disciplines of Ayurveda (the science of life), refers to remedies that can help treat physical and psycological disorders or augment the body's disease resistance capacity. Within ancient India, Rasayana preparations were originally sought to combat high death rates, partially attributable to the limite knowledge on the prevention and cure of diseases. Until relatively recently, much of the information on India's research into their medicinal plants has remained within India, mainly published within Indian journals. However, today the field of Ayurveda is expanding, with the integration of herbs and minerals discovered in other countries and the strengthening of academic knowledge networks worldwide.
This volume draws the readers' attention to detailed information on the plants used as such or in various polyherbal, polymineral Rasayana preparations and describes their therapeutic benefits for numerous disorders. It will be of interest to graduate students, scientists and researchers within academia and industry who are working in the various fields of medical sciences, as well as those interested in the use of Rasayana preparations for alternative and conventional medical use.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203216563

Celestial Lancets - A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa (Paperback, New Ed): Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham Celestial Lancets - A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa (Paperback, New Ed)
Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham; Introduction by Vivienne Lo
R1,566 Discovery Miles 15 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Eucalyptus - The Genus Eucalyptus (Hardcover): John J.W. Coppen Eucalyptus - The Genus Eucalyptus (Hardcover)
John J.W. Coppen
R5,124 Discovery Miles 51 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Eucalyptus, a genus of over 800 species, is a multiproduct crop par excellence. Not only is it grown for timber, pulp and fuelwood but, as the Aborigines discovered thousands of years ago, it has numerous medicinal and aromatic properties. Since the first commercial distillation of eucalyptus oil 150 years ago, a vast array of eucalyptus-based products has entered the marketplace, mainly for pharmaceutical, fragrance and flavour use.
This book provides an invaluable reference for all those with an interest in Eucalyptus - in academia and industry alike, for researchers as well as producers, processors, importers and end users - but there are also issues discussed and lessons learnt which extend to medicinal and aromatic plants generally.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203219430

An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists (Hardcover): Julie Stone An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists (Hardcover)
Julie Stone
R4,356 Discovery Miles 43 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


As growing numbers of patients turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the focus of attention has largely been on whether these therapies work and whether they are safe. These questions are central to further integration of CAM with orthodox medicine. But in the absence of formal regulation, it is equally critical to consider the ethical dimensions of the CAM therapeutic encounter.
In this book, Julie Stone demonstrates that ethical issues are no less relevant to CAM therapists than they are to doctors or any other group of health professionals. She provides CAM therapists with a detailed framework of the specific ethical issues which affect CAM practice to help practitioners think constructively about how ethics underpin their therapeutic work.
An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists encourages critical and reflective practice, suggests practical problems to common problems, includes illustrative scenarios of ethical dilemmas faced by therapists and summarises key points. This timely book offers a comprehensive guide to this important area. Its challenging conclusions are as relevant to experienced practitioners as to students and newly qualified therapists. This book will also interest policy makers and professional bodies interested in strengthening and enhancing CAM's potential.

An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists (Paperback): Julie Stone An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists (Paperback)
Julie Stone
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


As growing numbers of patients turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the focus of attention has largely been on whether these therapies work and whether they are safe. These questions are central to further integration of CAM with orthodox medicine. But in the absence of formal regulation, it is equally critical to consider the ethical dimensions of the CAM therapeutic encounter.
In this book, Julie Stone demonstrates that ethical issues are no less relevant to CAM therapists than they are to doctors or any other group of health professionals. She provides CAM therapists with a detailed framework of the specific ethical issues which affect CAM practice to help practitioners think constructively about how ethics underpin their therapeutic work.
An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists encourages critical and reflective practice, suggests practical problems to common problems, includes illustrative scenarios of ethical dilemmas faced by therapists and summarises key points. This timely book offers a comprehensive guide to this important area. Its challenging conclusions are as relevant to experienced practitioners as to students and newly qualified therapists. This book will also interest policy makers and professional bodies interested in strengthening and enhancing CAM's potential.

Coyote Medicine - Lessons from Native American Healing (Paperback, 1st Fireside ed): Lewis Mehl-Madrona Coyote Medicine - Lessons from Native American Healing (Paperback, 1st Fireside ed)
Lewis Mehl-Madrona
R472 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Inspired by his Cherokee grandmother's healing ceremonies, Lewis Mehl-Madrona enlightens readers to "alternative" paths to recovery and health. Coyote Medicine isn't about eschewing Western medicine when it's effective, but about finding other answers when medicine fails: for chronic sufferers, patients not responding to medication, or "terminal" cases that doctors have given up on. In the story of one doctor's remarkable initiation into alternative ways to spiritual and physical health, Coyote Medicine provides the key to untapped healing methods available today.

The Herbal Internet Companion - Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online (Hardcover): David J Owen The Herbal Internet Companion - Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online (Hardcover)
David J Owen
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive guide to using the Internet for research into all aspects of herbal medicine!This valuable and timely book will help you navigate the sea of information about herbs and herbal remedies on the Internet. In recent years, alternative medicine has come to the forefront of American culture. As editor David J. Owen points out, "It sometimes seems that not a day goes by without the appearance of another newspaper article or television news item about St. John's wort or Ginkgo biloba. Once confined largely to health food stores, herbal preparations are now prominently displayed on the shelves of modern pharmacies and can be readily purchased via the Internet. They are now widely used to treat a variety of conditions, from depression to sexual dysfunction." Today, a great deal of the most reliable information about herbal medicine is available only in scattered sources like trade journals, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and market research reports. Many of these are available online if you know how to find them. The Herbal Internet Companion: Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online will show you how to find the information you need! This book groups the Web sites and other Internet sources it lists based on the type of information you'll find there, providing you with ways to quickly access information about: criteria for assessing the quality of health information on the Internet consumer/patient needs and frequently asked questions mailing lists, chat rooms, and newsgroups providing herbal information laws, standards, and regulations associations and organizations dealing with herbal medicine consumer protection, health fraud, and quackery clinical trials and evidence about specific products Internet resources in specialized health areas such as cancer and AIDS side effects, adverse reactions, and drug interactions online indexes and databases such as MEDLINE . . . and much more! Complete with easy-to-read tables and charts as well as a glossary of terms you'll encounter on these Web sites, The Herbal Internet Companion: Herbs and Herbal Medicine Online is the resource that puts the power of the Internet in your hands!

Healing Your Emotions - Discover Your Five Element Type and Change Your Life (Paperback): Angela Hicks, John Hicks Healing Your Emotions - Discover Your Five Element Type and Change Your Life (Paperback)
Angela Hicks, John Hicks
R480 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R126 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Angela Hicks and John Hicks Healing Your Emotions Discover your five element type and change your life The Chinese described the emotions as being a cause of ill health as early as 200 BC. It is now universally recognized that anger, guilt, joy, jealousy, fear etc have a strong effect on our body. The book clearly explains the link between the elements, the body's organs and our feelings. Using the elements and philosophy behind Chinese medicine, this book shows you how to: Transform Anger Conquer Fear Release Sadness Break the Worry Habit Enhance Self Awareness Each Element - fire, water, wood, earth and metal has a different personality type associated with it. Healing Your Emotions takes you through case studies and questionnaires to reveal your Element type, and then offers exercises, both mental and physical, which will help you identify and deal with the emotions which stop you being healthy. It uses an action plan which borrows from both Eastern and Western techniques: Qi Gong NLP Gestalt therapy and focussing Visualisation

Botanical Dietary Supplements: (Hardcover, Revised): Gail B. Mahady, Harry H. S. Fong, N.R. Farnsworth Botanical Dietary Supplements: (Hardcover, Revised)
Gail B. Mahady, Harry H. S. Fong, N.R. Farnsworth
R4,649 R3,628 Discovery Miles 36 280 Save R1,021 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume provides reviews and details of the quality, safety and efficacy for some of the top-selling botanicals worldwide, including black cohosh, chamomile, comfrey, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, kava, milk thistle, St John's wort and valerian. The work was written based on a systematic review of the scientific literature from 1975-2000.;Each review includes a brief introduction, a section on quality including a definition of the crude drug, geographical distribution, and a listing of the major chemical constituents. The safety and efficacy sections summarize the medical uses, pharmacology, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, dose and dosage forms. The safety and efficacy sections were written for a busy health-care professional, and should enable one to ascertain which clinical uses are supported by clinical data, without having to read through all the pharmacology. Each chapter is fully referenced, enabling the reader to access further information when necessary.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Challenge and Change (Paperback): Merrijoy Kelner, Beverly Wellman Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Challenge and Change (Paperback)
Merrijoy Kelner, Beverly Wellman
R1,362 Discovery Miles 13 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rapid growth of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) demands that the public, the medical world, social scientists, the media, and governments pay attention. People are questioning the limits of what modern medicine can accomplish and seeking additional ways to manage their health. While many are enthusiastically adopting complementary and alternative forms of medicine, others are more sceptical. Physicians' attitudes are in transition, and governments are pondering where this increasingly important phenomenon fits into the health care system. The challenge is to keep pace with the changing ways that people view health and illness, take reposibility for themselves, and incorporate CAM into their health care.
This text brings together for the first time a wide range of leading North American and European social scientists to identify who uses CAM, why they use it, and how they find out about it. Presenting research from psychology, sociology, anthropology and public health, they alert us to the current context of CAM use and provide new models and techniques for understanding its future place in health care.

Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants - Herbal Reference Library (Hardcover, 999 Ed): L.D. Kapoor Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants - Herbal Reference Library (Hardcover, 999 Ed)
L.D. Kapoor
R6,437 Discovery Miles 64 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This handbook is filled with over 50 illustrations and descriptions of approximately 250 plants which are used for herbal medicine. It includes information on medicinal plants ranging from Abies spectabilis to Zizyphus vulgaris. The purpose of this handbook is to make available a reference for easy, accurate identification of these herbs. Derived from India, "Ayurveda" is the foundation stone of their ancient medical science. Approximately 80 percent of the population of India and other countries in the East continue to utilize this system of medicinal treatment. It is believed that the key to successful medication is the use of the correct herb. This is an indispensable resource for all physicians, pharmacists, drug collectors, and those interested in the healing arts.

Acupuncture - Efficacy, Safety and Practice (Paperback): British Medical Association Acupuncture - Efficacy, Safety and Practice (Paperback)
British Medical Association
R1,338 Discovery Miles 13 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At the 1998 Annual Representative Meeting of the BMA a resolution was passed that the Board of Science and Education should investigate th e scientific basis and efficacy of acupuncture and the quality of trai ning and standards of competence in its practitioners'' This report su mmarizes literature sources and research on acupuncture, looks at safe ty aspects including the treatment's adverse effects, discusses educat ion and training guidelines, presents results from a survey of UK GPs and suggests future developments for acupuncture, particularly its inc reased incorporation into the NHS It will provide doctors, patients, r esearchers and purchasers of healthcare with information on this most widely used therapy of complementary and alternative medicine, enablin g them to become more informed on the value of acupuncture and its lik ely place within the NHS.

Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Perspectives from Social Science and Law (Paperback): Nicola K.... Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Perspectives from Social Science and Law (Paperback)
Nicola K. Gale, Jean V. McHale
R1,556 Discovery Miles 15 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The provision and use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been growing globally over the last 40 years. As CAM develops alongside - and sometimes integrates with - conventional medicine, this handbook provides the first major overview of its regulation and professionalization from social science and legal perspectives. The Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine draws on historical and international comparative research to provide a rigorous and thematic examination of the field. It argues that many popular and policy debates are stuck in a polarized and largely asocial discourse, and that interdisciplinary social science perspectives, theorising diversity in the field, provide a much more robust evidence base for policy and practice in the field. Divided into four sections, the handbook covers: analytical frameworks power, professions and health spaces risk and regulation perspectives for the future. This important volume will interest social science and legal scholars researching complementary and alternative medicine, professional identify and health care regulation, as well as historians and health policymakers and regulators.

Chinese and Botanical Medicines - Traditional Uses and Modern Scientific Approaches (Hardcover): Raymond Cooper, Chun-Tao Che,... Chinese and Botanical Medicines - Traditional Uses and Modern Scientific Approaches (Hardcover)
Raymond Cooper, Chun-Tao Che, Daniel Kam-Wah Mok, Charmaine Wing-Yee Tsang
R3,463 Discovery Miles 34 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chinese and Botanical Medicines: Traditional Uses and Modern Scientific Approaches is a classroom-tested book that contains a balance of chemistry, the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and the theory and practice of a modern TCM practitioner. This distinct book reviews the scientific methods for collecting data and supporting evidence for the efficacy and safety of Chinese drugs and medicines. It also reflects on the different views on health, disease and therapy, and their impacts on the relationships between man and nature.

Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Length Testing (Paperback, 4th edition): Nancy Berryman Reese, William D. Bandy Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Length Testing (Paperback, 4th edition)
Nancy Berryman Reese, William D. Bandy
R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gain the skills you need to accurately measure joint range of motion and muscle length! Joint Range of Motion and Muscle Length Testing, 4th Edition provides a comprehensive guide to the techniques and devices used in measuring range of motion for the joints of the spine and extremities. Clear, step-by-step instructions show how to make reliable measurements with instruments such as the goniometer, inclinometer, tape measure, and even smartphone apps. Written by noted educators Nancy Berryman Reese and William D. Bandy for physical therapy and occupational therapy students, this manual includes a fully searchable eBook version with each print purchase. Guidelines to range of motion and muscle length testing cover techniques including goniometric measurement as well as measurements using inclinometers, tape measures, and smartphone apps. More than 600 full-color photos and drawings demonstrate various techniques, anatomy, and landmarks for each joint. Anatomical landmarks provide a fast visual reference showing exactly where to place measuring devices. Clear template for techniques allows you to quickly and easily identify the information you need. Chapters on length testing make it easy to locate information on measuring each of the upper and lower extremities as well as the head, neck, and trunk. NEW! Instructions for use of smartphone apps provide another option for measuring range of motion. NEW! Revised content and updated references provide the current information you need to be an effective practitioner. NEW! eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook includes more than 100 videos demonstrating the ROM and muscle length testing techniques discussed in the print book, and allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

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