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    • Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 31-1
      • December 15, 2011
      • Peter R Kurzweil
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Peter R. Kurzweil, MD, focuses on Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus. Articles in this issue will include: Indications for meniscus repair: traumatic tears do better; Biologic enhancement of meniscal repair; Repairing the Unrepairable Meniscus; Posterior Horn Tears – all-inside suture repair; Meniscal Repair – Inside-out sutures; Meniscal Root tears – Recognizing and Repairing; Meniscal Repair – outside-in suture; Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators – which are best?; Treating post-meniscectomy pain with Meniscal implants; Meniscus Repair in Children; and Getting Athletes Back to Sports after Meniscus Repair.

    • Visceral Vascular Manipulations

      • 1st Edition
      • June 15, 2011
      • Jean-Pierre Barral + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This work demonstrates a novel approach to visceral osteopathy. Basing their ideas on anatomy and physiology, Jean-Pierre Barral and Alain Croibier propose manipulation of the arteries to treat the intestines and other internal organs by increasing their blood flow. The arteries, elastic and muscular in structure, and the innumerable nerve filaments which surround them, react ideally to manual treatment. To be effective, however, these manipulations must be specific and precise. Thanks to the authors’ long experience as therapists, their mastery of osteopathic techniques and the aid of ultrasound technology, they have devised innovative techniques to improve the visceral vascular circulation. In this book the authors show the various sites of the principle pulses of the body and summarise the physiology of the circulation of the blood. The main organs and their physiology are addressed and include the heart, pancreas, small intestine, colon and other abdominal structures as well as the regions of the neck, skull and pelvic cavity. Rich in detailed, high quality illustrations, this book serves as both an anatomical reference and a guide to carrying out visceral vascular manipulations in the most effective way possible. The work is aimed at experienced osteopaths as well as those in training, and at other manual therapists who wish to widen their scope.

    • Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain

      • 1st Edition
      • January 31, 2011
      • Simon Dagenais + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Covering all commonly used interventions for acute and chronic low back pain conditions, Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain consolidates current scientific studies and research evidence into a single, practical resource. Its multidisciplinary approach covers a wide scope of treatments from manual therapies to medical interventions to surgery, organizing interventions from least to most invasive. Editors Simon Dagenais and Scott Haldeman, along with expert contributors from a variety of clinical and academic institutions throughout the world, focus on the best available scientific evidence, summarizing the results from the strongest to the weakest types of studies. No other book makes it so easy to compare the different interventions and treatment approaches, giving you the tools to make better, more informed clinical decisions.

    • Précis d'acupuncture médicale occidentale

      • 1st Edition
      • March 4, 2011
      • Adrian White + 4 more
      • French
      • eBook
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      L'acupuncture médicale occidentale est aujourd'hui une méthode thérapeutique reconnue et en plein essor. Le Précis d'acupuncture médicale occidentale est un guide concis et pratique qui éclaire les concepts traditionnels chinois à la lumière des nouvelles bases scientifiques de compréhension de l'acupuncture. Rigoureusement documenté et illustré de manière très didactique, cet ouvrage est un manuel de référence sans équivalent sur la pratique actuelle de l'acupuncture médicale. - Tout le savoir indispensable pour utiliser au quotidien l'acupuncture médicale. - 5 mémo-fiches détachables indispensables en pratique quotidienne. - Le point sur les recherches actuelles. - Les actions et les indications de l'acupuncture dans les différents contextes d'application clinique. - Les conditions de mise en œuvre du traitement par acupuncture. - L'auriculothérapie, la moxibustion et l'électroacupuncture...

    • The Complementary Therapist's Guide to Red Flags and Referrals

      • 1st Edition
      • October 11, 2011
      • Clare Stephenson
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Unique ready reference for all complementary medicine, massage,therapy and manual therapy practitioners and students alerting them to ‘red flag’ symptoms which should be referred for Western medical investigation or emergency medical treatment. When can a patient be safely reassured and when do they need further investigation or treatment? ‘Red flags’ are clinical signs that suggest a patient needs prompt investigation and treatment for a potentially dangerous situation. Therapists increasingly find themselves working alongside conventionally trained doctors and nurses and it is vital for them to understand conventional medical diagnoses, symptoms and treatments and, crucially, to recognise warning signs of serious disease. This is essential in order to be a safe practitioner. Clare Stephenson’s The Complementary Therapist’s Guide to Red Flags and Referrals meets this need by providing an easily accessible reference to ‘red flag’symptoms, designed especially for therapists. It offers guidance on how best to respond to those symptoms and signs of disease which can be readily discerned through routine history taking and basic examination of the body. The guidance is in language which is accessible to therapists, and clear advice is offered on when to refer patients to conventional medicine practitioners and how to communicate with doctors when making a referral. Clinical syndromes which merit rapid response are summarised for ease of reference.

    • Rehabilitación neuropsicológica

      • 1st Edition
      • April 6, 2011
      • Olga Bruna Rabassa + 4 more
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 8 4 4 5 8 2 1 7 3 2
      Manual de neuropsicología clínica en el que se desarrollan temas relacionados con los procesos de evaluación, habilitación e intervención neuropsicológica de personas afectadas por daño cerebral de diferente etiología. Obra actualizada y con un enfoque multidisciplinar, gracias a los profesionales y autores de gran prestigio que han participado en la realización de la obra. Incluye acceso a página web, con material complementario, imágenes y casos clínicos.

    • 400 exercices de lecture et compréhension

      • 1st Edition
      • April 15, 2011
      • Marie-Christine Perret
      • French
      • eBook
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      Les difficultés de compréhension de l'écrit sont souvent dues à une représentation erronée de l'énoncé. Ce n'est pas la lecture qui est mise en doute mais la compréhension qui est perturbée, engendrant parfois des interprétations fantaisistes. Cet ouvrage a pour objectif d'aider le lecteur à acquérir progressivement une autonomie dans la construction du sens : savoir lire et comprendre ce qui est lu. L'auteur utilise le rapport texte/dessin, un procédé intéressant car il renvoie aux premières lectures, où l'adulte lit l'histoire pendant que l'enfant se repère à l'aide des illustrations. De plus, cet outil a l'avantage de permettre de travailler sous plusieurs formes : une phrase par rapport à deux dessins dont un seul correspond, deux phrases pour un seul dessin, le même nombre de phrases et de dessins avec correspondance entre eux. Des questions sont aussi proposées, ainsi que des consignes pour guider l'enfant dans la réalisation de l'exercice. Cette relation texte/dessin suppose à la fois la compréhension d'une image et d'un énoncé qui va au-delà de la compréhension de l'écrit. Cet ouvrage offre aux professionnels, enseignants ou rééducateurs, mais aussi aux parents, 400 exercices et des possibilités d'entraînement multiples. Le fascicule est accompagné d'un CD-ROM qui permettra aux intervenants d'imprimer à volonté les exercices.

    • Functional Neurology for Practitioners of Manual Medicine

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 15, 2011
      • Frederick Carrick + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Fuctional Neurology for Practitioners of Manual Medicine takes the reader from the embryonic beginnings of the nervous system, through the biochemistry of receptor activation and on to the functional systems of the nervous system. Concepts, relationships and scientific mechanisms of the nervous system function are covered, and this aids the practitioner in developing their clinical approach to a wide variety of patient presentations. The text is fully referenced, which allows the reader to immediately apply the concepts to practice situations. New for this edition are new chapters on pain (including headache) and theoretical evidence, plus extensive electronic resources supporting the text. "Overall this text would be an excellent resource to any practising physiotherapist or health professional within musculoskeletal and orthopaedics from the new graduate to the experienced clinician." Reviewed by: Tracy Ward, MCSP, BSc (HONS), MSc, Senior Physiotherapist and Clinical Pilates Specialist, BMI Healthcare Albyn Hospital, Aberdeen Date: Aug 2014

    • Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare

      • 1st Edition
      • October 18, 2011
      • Volker Scheid + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Traditional East Asian healthcare systems have moved rapidly from the fringes of healthcare systems in the West towards the centre over the past 50 years. This change of status for traditional medicines presents their practitioners with both opportunities and challenges as the focus shifts from one of opposition towards one of integration into biomedically dominated healthcare systems. Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare examines the opportunities and challenges of integrating East Asian medicine into Western healthcare systems from an interdisciplinary perspective. Volker Scheid and Hugh MacPherson bring together contributions from acknowledged experts from a number of different disciplines - including clinical researchers, Chinese Medicine practitioners, historians, medical anthropologists, experts in the social studies of science, technology and medicine - to examine and debate the impact of the evidence-based medicine movement on the ongoing modernization of East Asian medicines. The book considers the following questions: •What are the values, goals and ethics implicit within traditional East Asian medical practices? • What claims to effectiveness and safety are made by East Asian medical practices? •What is at stake in subjecting these medical practices to biomedical models of evaluation? • What constitutes best practice? How is it to be defined and measured? • What are the ideologies and politics behind the process of integration of East Asian medical practices into modern health care systems? • What can we learn from a variety of models of integration into contemporary healthcare?

    • Advances in Fixation Technology for the Foot and Ankle, An Issue of Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-4
      • October 21, 2011
      • Patrick Burns
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Topics will include: Foot and ankle locking plate technology;Advanced fixation for surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus;Advances in intramedullary nailing for the foot and ankle;Advances on external fixation for reconstructive and plastic foot and ankle surgery;Internal fixation “beaming” techniques for the diabetic Charcot foot;Opening wedge and anatomic specific plates for foot and ankle deformities;Percutan... Internal Fixation Advancements for foot and ankle trauma

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