Kinesiology for manual therapies /

Dail, Nancy W.

Kinesiology for manual therapies / Nancy W. Dail, Timothy A. Agnew, R.T. Floyd. - Boston : McGraw Hill Higher Education, c2011. - 549 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + Muscle cards.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-478) and index.

Foundations of structural kinesiology -- Neuromuscular fundamentals -- Basic biomechanical factors and concepts -- The shoulder girdle : dynamic stability for the shoulder joint -- Dimensional massage techniques for the shoulder girdle muscles -- The shoulder joint -- Deep-tissue techniques for the shoulder joint muscles -- The elbow and radioulnar joints -- The radioulnar riddle : techniques for repetitive action -- The wrist and hand joints -- Unwinding the soft tissues of the forearm : dimensional massage techniques for the muscles of the hand and wrist -- Concepts of muscular analysis and clinical flexibility of the upper extremities -- The trunk and spinal column -- The balancing act : structural perspectives of the head and neck and dimensional massage techniques -- The hip joint and pelvic girdle -- Deep tissue of the low back and posterior pelvis -- The knee joint -- Dimensional massage techniques for the muscles of the thigh and knee joint -- The ankle and foot joints -- Dimensional massage techniques for the muscles of the leg, ankle, and foot -- Muscular analysis of the trunk and lower-extremity exercises.

9780073402079 (alk. paper) 0073402079 (alk. paper)

2009036330


Kinesiology.
Manipulation (Therapeutics)
Kinesiology, Applied--methods.
Musculoskeletal Manipulations--methods.
Movement--physiology.
Muscles--physiology.

QP303 / .D35 2011

612.7/6

WB 890 / D133k 2011
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