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" Palpation and assessment skills : "
Leon Chaitow ; foreword by Viola M. Frymann ; illustrated by Graeme Chambers.
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BL
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1029520
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b783890
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Chaitow, Leon.
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Palpation and assessment skills : : assessment and diagnosis through touch /\ Leon Chaitow ; foreword by Viola M. Frymann ; illustrated by Graeme Chambers.
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh ;New York :: Churchill Livingstone,, 2003.
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ix, 392 pages :: illustrations ++ 1 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)
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0443072183
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: 9780443072185
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| Notes
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Revised edition of: Palpation skills. 1996.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Using appropriate pressure (and the MPI) -- Objective: palpatory literacy -- Structure and function: are they inseparable? -- Palpatory accuracy: mirage or reality? -- Visual assessment, the dominant eye, and other issues -- Fundamentals of palpation -- Morphology of reflex and acupuncture points -- Palpating and assessing the skin -- Is it a muscle or a joint problem? -- Palpating for changes in muscle structure -- Red, white and black reaction -- Palpation of subtle movements (including circulation of CSF, energy and has tissue a memory?) -- Assessing dural restriction -- Assessment of abnormal mechanical tension in the nervous system -- Source of pain: is it reflex or local? -- Introduction to functional palpation -- Joint play, end-feel, range of motion: what are they? -- Palpation and assessment of joints (including spine and pelvis) -- Percussion palpation -- Visceral palpation and respiratory function assessment -- Palpating the traditional Chinese pulses -- Palpation without touch -- About hyperventilation -- Palpation and emotional states -- Location of Chapman's neurolymphatic reflexes.
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This useful guide to palpation for musculoskeletal diagnosis and assessment describes and illustrates the skills needed to increase sophistication of palpatory assessment skills and practice. A companion CD-ROM supports the skills with video clips, and each technique is reinforced with practical exercises and self-assessment questions. (Product description).
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Palpation-- Technique.
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Palpation.
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Palpation-- Technique.
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Palpation.
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Palpation.
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Palpation-- methods.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.0754
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RC76.5.C47 2003
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2003 M-117
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WB 275C434p 2003
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Chaitow, Leon.
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