Chapter 4 Whole Medical Systems Judith E. Deutsch, Suzanne McDonough OUTLINE AYURVEDA Background Foundational Principles Examination and Diagnosis Therapeutic Techniques Evidence TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE Background Foundational Principles Examination and Diagnosis…
Chapter 20 Feldenkrais James Stephens CASE Jane Knowles is a 54-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with MS and has experienced a rapid progression of weakness in her legs in…
Chapter 1 CAM Use in Illness and Wellness Judith E. Deutsch OUTLINE DEFINITIONS OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE CATEGORIES OF CAM REPORTED USE OF CAM STUDY AND FUNDING OF CAM…
Chapter 3 Modifiers of Complementary Therapy: Legal, Ethical, and Cultural Issues Ellen Zambo Anderson OUTLINE LEGAL ISSUES Malpractice Informed Consent Assumption of Risk Referral for CAM ETHICAL ISSUES Beneficence and…
Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework for Clinical Decision Making in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Judith E. Deutsch, Ellen Zambo Anderson OUTLINE THE CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS Step 1: Identify Goals Step 2:…
1 Basic sciences All voluntary movement, including walking, results from a complicated process involving the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, bones and joints. Before considering in detail the process…
4 Methods of gait analysis Walking is often impaired by neurological and musculoskeletal pathology and is one of the health domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health…
2 Normal gait In order to understand pathological gait, it is necessary first to understand normal gait, since this provides the standard against which the gait of a patient can…
3 Pathological and other abnormal gaits Although some variability is present in normal gait, particularly in the use of the muscles, there is an identifiable ‘normal pattern’ of walking and…
6 Gait assessment of neurological disorders The aim of this chapter is to provide examples of how gait analysis can be used to determine the severity, progression and the efficacy…
