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Chaitow, Leon.

Palpation and assessment skills : assessment through touch : with DVD / Leon Chaitow ; with contributions by Sasha Chaitow ... [et al.]. - 3rd ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2010. - x, 330 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Objective, palpatory literacy / Leon Chaitow -- Palpation reliability and validity / Michael Seffinger -- Fundamentals of palpation / Leon Chaitow -- Palpating and assessing the skin / Leon Chaitow -- Palpating for changes in muscle structure / Leon Chaitow -- Fascial palpation / Thomas W. Myers -- Assessment of "abnormal mechanical tension" in the nervous system / Leon Chaitow -- Palpation and assessment of joints (including spine and pelvis) / Leon Chaitow -- Accurately identifying musculoskeletal dysfunction / Whitney Lowe -- Visceral palpation and respiratory function assessment / Leon Chaitow -- Introduction to functional palpation / Leon Chaitow -- Understanding and using intuitive faculties / Sasha Chaitow -- Subtle palpation (including cranial rhythms, energy and "has tissue a memory?") / Leon Chaitow -- Chinese palpatory skills / Stefan Chmelik -- Palpation and emotional states / Leon Chaitow.

ISBN: 9780443069352 (alk. paper) 0443069352 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009016394

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101502639 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Palpation.
Palpation--methods.

LC Class. No.: RC76.5 / .C43 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89/1652

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WB 275 / C434p 2010