Physical Therapy : Theory, Practices and Benefits.

Intro -- PHYSICAL THERAPY: THEORY, PRACTICES AND BENEFITS -- PHYSICAL THERAPY: THEORY, PRACTICES AND BENEFITS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 THERAPIES AND MOTOR FUNCTION ASSESSMENTS IN LONGSTANDING PAIN SYNDROMES: THE EFFECT OF SOMATOCOGNITIVE THERAPY IN A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED INTERVENTION STUDY OF WOMEN WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN -- ABSTRACT -- CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN -- SOME ASPECTS OF MECHANISMS IN LONGSTANDING PAIN -- Comorbidity of Chronic Pain -- METHODS FOR ASSESSING POSTURE, RESPIRATION, MOVEMENT PATTERNS, AND BODY AWARENESS -- GYNECOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN -- CURRENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES OF CHRONIC PAIN -- PHYSIOTHERAPY AS AN INTEGRATED PART OF TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN -- MENSENDIECK THEORY AND THERAPY -- SOMATOCOGNITIVE THERAPY -- APPLICATION OF SOMATOCOGNITIVE THERAPY IN A CLINICAL SETTING: A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED INTERVENTION STUDY -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- CPP Patients, Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria -- DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARDIZED MENSENDIECK TEST (SMT) -- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH CPP -- THE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED INTERVENTION STUDY AND THE 1 YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS -- RESULTS -- Intraclass Correlation among the Raters in Evaluation of the SMT -- Clinical Characteristics of CPP Patients -- Posture and Movement Patterns Assessed with the SMT -- Findings in Muscle Palpation -- THE EFFECT OF THE MENSENDIECK SOMATOCOGNITIVE THERAPY -- The Effect of Treatment after Three Months -- Effect after One Year Follow Up -- DISCUSSION -- The Standardized Mensendieck Test -- THE EFFECT OF SOMATOCOGNITIVE TREATMENT -- Methodological Considerations -- Possible Mechanisms behind the Improvement in SMT and VAS Scores after Somatocognitive Treatment -- Respiration -- Movement -- Pain -- EFFECT OF TREATMENT ON LEVEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS.

Possible Reasons for the Long-Term Positive Effect of Somatocognitive Therapy -- Somatocognitive Therapy as Contrasted to Cognitive Therapy with Chronic Pain Patients -- CONCLUSION -- Suggestions for Further Research -- Subsequent Developments and Comments -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 STRESS-RELATED LATENCY IN SENSORY AND AFFECTIVE DIMENSIONS OF REPORTED PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PURPOSE -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 BREATHING PATTERN DISORDERS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY: A MUSCULOSKELETAL PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS A BREATHING PATTERN DISORDER? -- What Triggers a Disorder? -- Breathing Physiology -- Respiratory Control -- What Happens When CO2 Levels Goes Down? -- Respiratory Alkalosis -- A Chain Reaction Occurs at a Cellular Level. -- Reduced Muscle Oxygenation -- Biomechanics -- The Diaphragm -- Psoas and Quadratus Lumborum -- The Abdominal Muscles -- Neck and Shoulder Muscles -- Scalenes -- Sternocleidomastoid -- The Intercostal Muscles -- Upper Trapezius -- Pectoralis Major and Minor -- Serratus Anterior -- What Happens When Breathing Changes? -- Musculoskeletal Implications -- The Athlete and Sport -- Muscle Pain -- Psychological -- BREATHING RETRAINING -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FURTHER READING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 SHOULDER REHABILITATION: IS THERE A ROLE FOR HOME THERAPY? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RECOMMENDED PROTOCOL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 ISOKINETIC ASSESSMENT AND MUSCLE STRENGTH TRAINING USED IN PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS -- ABSTRACT -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 TRADITIONAL MIRROR THERAPY (TMT) IN THE PHYSICAL THERAPY MANAGEMENT OF MOVEMENT AND POSTURAL CONTROL PROBLEMS * -- INTRODUCTION.

WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT TMT: EXISTING SCIENTIFIC STUDIES -- THREE RECENT PROJECTS -- Study 1: The Effect of Simple Mirror Feedback on Limb Position Sense -- Study 2: The Effect of Simple Mirror Feedback on Sitting Postural Control -- Study 3: The Effect of Simple Mirror Feedback on Standing Postural Control -- ASSAYING UK CLINICIANS' VIEWPOINTS AND PERCEPTIONS REGARDING TMT -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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