The science and clinical application of manual therapy
By: edited by Hollis H. King, Michael M. Patterson, Wilfrid Janig.
Contributors: King, Hollis H.; Patterson, Michael M.; Jänig, Wilfrid.; International Research Symposium on Somato-Visceral Interactions and Autonomic Mechanisms of Manual Therapy (2008 : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780702033872
Subjects: Manipulation (Therapeutics) -- Congresses; Manipulation, Osteopathic -- methods -- Congresses; Autonomic Nervous System -- physiology -- Congresses; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases -- therapy -- Congresses; Mechanotransduction, Cellular -- Congresses; Osteopathic Medicine -- Congresses; Visceral Afferents -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Based on the International Research Symposium on Somato-Visceral Interactions and Autonomic Mechanisms of Manual Therapy held March 31-April 1, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The concepts of osteopathic medicine : past and present / Hollis H. King and Mike M. Patterson; title: Functions of the autonomic nervous system : current concepts / Wilfrid Janig; title: Somatosympathetic reflex mechanisms / Joel G. Pickar ... [et al.]; title: Modulation of visceral function by somatic stimulation / Brian S. Budgell; title: Manual medicine and autonomic nervous system : assessing autonomic function in humans / Michael L. Smith, Kari Guinn Clark, and Xiangrong Shi; title: Survey of mechanotransduction disorders / John J. Triano; title: Spinothalamic system and viscero-somatic motor reflexes : functional organization of cardiac and somatic input / Robert D. Foreman, Chao Qin, and Chuan-Chau Jerry Jou; title: Central convergence of viscersomatic inputs from spinal and vagal sources / Charles H. Hubscher; title: Role of oxytocin and oxytocin related effects in manual therapies / Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg and Maria Petersson; title: Viscero-sensory pathways in the brain / Lisa E. Goehler; title: The use of sham or placebo controls in manual medicine research / Michael M. Patterson; title: Research on somato-visceral interactions and the impact of manual therapy on systemic disorders from the osteopathic experience / Hollis H. King; title: Chiropractic practice, experience, and research related to somato-visceral interactions / Cheryl Hawk; title: A physical therapist's perspective on manual therapy : clinical effectiveness and selected mechanism / Steven George; title: Therapeutic massage and bodywork : overview of the practice and evidence of a developing health profession / Janet Kahn; title: Basic science on somato-visceral interactions : peripheral and central evidence base and implications for research / Wilfrid Janig; title: Clinical applications of manual therapy on physiologic functions and systemic disorders : evidence base and implications for research / Hollis H. King and Michael M. Patterson.