Physical Therapy for Intervertebral Disk Disease
Автор: Michael Weller
Год издания: 0000
Patients with pain emanating from their spines represent some of the most frequent and challenging cases for physical therapists. Here is a comprehensive and practical introduction to the management of back pain and restricted spinal function caused by intervertebral disk damage. The authors provide evidence-based, clinically oriented strategies for the diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of disk injury in the lumbar, thoracic, and cervical spinal regions. The text gives an overview of research studies on the effects of physical therapy on back pain, step-by-step guidance on examination and conservative and postoperative physical therapy procedures, and detailed discussion of rehabilitation and prevention of further disk damage.Key Features:Extensive coverage of examination, from patient history to tests for assessing spinal movement to nerve conductionPrecise instructions and useful pointers on treatment methods aid in daily practiceChapter on basic principles of anatomy, physiology, and epidemiology offer foundational knowledgeCrucial information on approaches for rehabilitation and injury prevention, including strengthening, coordination exercises, and conditioningCase studies present clinical examples that guide the reader through the full course of therapy70 clear line drawings illustrate how to maintain correct posture; avoid poor posture; and protect and train muscles, nerves, and jointsPhysical Therapy for Intervertebral Disk Disease is a complete guide to the diagnosis and physiotherapeutic treatment of problems resulting from intervertebral disk damage. Practitioners and students of physical therapy, rehabilitation medicine, and occupational therapy will read this book cover to cover and refer to it regularly when working to relieve back pain and restore full capacity in their patients.
Russia and Norway. Physical and Symbolic Borders
Автор: Сборник статей
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The book is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Russia and Norway: Physical and Symbolic Borders» held in St Petersburg in April 2005 in connection with the opening of the exhibition «Norway – Russia. Neighbours through the ages». In the book different aspects of the history of the Norwegian-Russian border are covered by historians from Moscow, St Petersburg, Arkhangelsk, Copenhagen, Cambridge, Bergen and Tromso. The papers are diverse and refer to different chronological periods. One group of articles deals with problems connected with the medieval border treaties between Norway and Novgorodian Russia, others with the diplomatic history of the border convention of 1826, as well as its effect on ethnic minorities living in the border area. One author addresses the present-day delimitation controversy between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea. Other articles deal with symbolic borders, for example, barriers in translating Russian literature into Norwegian, and borders between the two cultures, experienced by the Russian emigrants in Norway after the Russian Revolution. And finally, there are articles without explicit references to the concept of borders, where the authors investigate in more general terms different aspects of Norwegian-Russian relations.
An account of a successful method of treating diseases of the spine
Автор: Thomas Baynton
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Полный вариант заголовка: «An account of a successful method of treating diseases of the spine : With observations, and cases in illustration / By Thomas Baynton».
The Disease of Chopin. A comprehensive study of a lifelong suffering
Автор: Victoria Wapf
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The life of the Polish-French pianist and composer Frederic Chopin (1810—1849) was, to a great extent, influenced by his disease. Nevertheless, the diagnosis and differential diagnoses of his suffering remain a matter of debates in numerous biographical studies on the composer’s life. This study shall conduct a systematization and overview of Chopin’s medical history, in an effort to outline pathways to his most probable diagnosis.