Kinesiology for manual therapies
By: Nancy W. Dail, Timothy A. Agnew, R.T. Floyd.
Contributors: Agnew, Timothy A.; Floyd, R. T.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780073402079
Subjects: Kinesiology; Manipulation (Therapeutics); Kinesiology, Applied -- methods; Musculoskeletal Manipulations -- methods; Movement -- physiology; Muscles -- physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foundations of structural kinesiology; title: Neuromuscular fundamentals; title: Basic biomechanical factors and concepts; title: The shoulder girdle : dynamic stability for the shoulder joint; title: Dimensional massage techniques for the shoulder girdle muscles; title: The shoulder joint; title: Deep-tissue techniques for the shoulder joint muscles; title: The elbow and radioulnar joints; title: The radioulnar riddle : techniques for repetitive action; title: The wrist and hand joints; title: Unwinding the soft tissues of the forearm : dimensional massage techniques for the muscles of the hand and wrist; title: Concepts of muscular analysis and clinical flexibility of the upper extremities; title: The trunk and spinal column; title: The balancing act : structural perspectives of the head and neck and dimensional massage techniques; title: The hip joint and pelvic girdle; title: Deep tissue of the low back and posterior pelvis; title: The knee joint; title: Dimensional massage techniques for the muscles of the thigh and knee joint; title: The ankle and foot joints; title: Dimensional massage techniques for the muscles of the leg, ankle, and foot; title: Muscular analysis of the trunk and lower-extremity exercises.