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Article: Manual of Combined Movements: Their Use in the Examination and Treatment of Mechanical Vertebral Column Disorders.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 American Physical Therapy Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The purpose of this book is to "draw attention to the use of combined movements when examining and treating mechanical disorders of the vertebral column." The author clearly intends this text to be used in conjunction with Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation and Grieve's Common Vertebral joint Problems. Indeed, it would be difficult to utilize this book without a basic knowledge of manual therapy and a familiarity with the works of Maitland and Grieve.
This is more a book for clinicians who have some experience than for students or novices. The information presented is fairly technical and requires an understanding of the language of kinematics and biomechanics. ...