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Author by : Jane Johnson
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2011-12-08
Publisher by : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN : 1450400965
This title is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to assessing posture, with tips that will enable you to perform your observations in a confident and competent manner. The book focuses on what posture reveals about the relationships among various body parts....
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Author by : Judith Aston
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1998
Publisher by :
ISBN : UCLA:L0082329285
The purpose of this step-by-step manual is to provide physical therapists with an approach to evaluate adult clients for alignment, dimension, and compensation. With this manual, therapists will be treating the disorder rather than the symptoms. There are several books on the market that address musculoskeletal dysfunction; however, the Aston Postural Assessment Workbook is different It offers a variety of treatment methodologies in one book and can be referred to as the "one-stop-shopping" workbook....
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Author by : Kesh Patel
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2015-08-27
Publisher by : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN : 9781408195536
Poor posture results in pain and ill health for a considerable part of the population. Only recently have people, and personal trainers, realised that improved posture can lead to enormous health and well-being benefits. Not to mention physical benefits: the average person can add half an inch to their height, 1 inch to their shoulder width and reduce their waistline by two-thirds of an inch purely by improving posture. The Complete Guide to Postural Training is the first book to take a systematic approach to improving posture, from initial postural assessment to a programme of corrective exercise. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to improve their posture, particularly those who wish to see health and fitness benefits or improved sporting performance. It will also prove invaluable to gym instructors and personal trainers who are dealing with increasing numbers of clients looking to improve posture and, at present, have no source of reference to work from....
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Author by : Jane Johnson
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2011-12-08
Publisher by : Human Kinetics
ISBN : 9781492582915
Though postural assessment is a skill required by most therapists and useful for many health and fitness professionals, few resources offer a complete discussion of the topic to support practitioners in the task. Written for students and practitioners of massage therapy, physical therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, sports medicine, athletic training, and fitness instruction, Postural Assessment is a guide to determining muscular or fascial imbalance and whether that imbalance contributes to a patient’s or client’s pain or dysfunction. Jane Johnson, a practicing physiotherapist and sport massage therapist and instructor, breaks down the complex and holistic process of assessing posture into easy-to-assimilate sections. Johnson begins with a discussion of ideal posture and the factors affecting posture as well as how to provide the correct environment for postural assessment, necessary equipment, and the importance of documenting assessment findings. Then she details procedures for executing postural assessments from standing posterior, lateral, and anterior views as well as with the patient or client in a seated position. The text features tips for improving assessment technique, and What Your Findings Mean sections provide readers—students in particular—with guidance for systematic analysis. Each chapter ends with five Quick Questions, with answers, to assist in gauging understanding of the topics covered. Information in the text is enhanced with detailed illustrations that offer visual cues to learning postural assessment and identifying anatomical relationships. Line drawings illustrate bony landmarks used in the assessments, and numerous photos show both obvious and subtle postural variations. Reproducible illustrated postural assessment charts in the appendix provide space for recording observations during each step of the assessment. Postural Assessment can assist practitioners in learning what posture reveals about the relationships among various body parts and in determining whether such relationships cause or contribute to pain or discomfort. As a resource for novices, Postural Assessment offers guidance in observing and identifying common postural forms and interpreting those observations. Postural Assessment is part of the Hands-On Guides for Therapists series, which features specific tools for assessment and treatment that fall well within the realm of massage therapists but may be useful for other body workers, such as osteopaths and fitness instructors. The guides include full-color instructional photographs, Tips sections that aid in adjusting massage techniques, Client Talk boxes that present ideas for creatively applying techniques for various types of clients, and questions for testing knowledge and skill....
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Author by : Judith Aston
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2019-11-12
Publisher by : Handspring Publishing
ISBN : 1912085348
This is a brand new edition of a successful book which was one of the first to encourage movement therapists and bodyworkers to look at the postural causes of movement problems, rather than focusing treatment just on the physical symptoms. The book explains how to measure and assess posture and provides tools for doing so. The author introduces her unique perspective on body mechanics - Aston-Mechanics® - a departure from the standard model of body posture, and provides many opportunities to practice observation and analytical skills based on this paradigm. Key features The author is widely recognized as a pioneer in the art and science of kinetics for her discovery of the Aston® Paradigm and consequent development of the many forms of movement, bodywork, fitness and ergonomics of Aston® Kinetics. She created and developed Aston® Kinetics as an educational system of movement and bodywork. Rather than enforcing physical symmetry, Aston® Kinetics seeks to recognize the asymmetries that are natural to a person's body and to achieve the best movement possible. Her acute ability to 'see' the body in stillness and motion and to train others to see, move and exercise, established her discipline of bodywork and movement training that is known as Aston® Kinetics. The book is highly illustrated with over 300 photographs and 150 line drawings. All the illustrations are new for this edition....
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Author by : Jane Johnson
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2015-11-03
Publisher by : Human Kinetics
ISBN : 9781492585367
Postural Correction presents 30 of the most commonly occurring postural conditions in a comprehensive format, providing hands-on therapists and body workers the knowledge and resources to help clients address their malalignments. Focusing on treatment rather than assessment, it takes a direct approach and applies specific techniques to improve posture from an anatomical rather than aesthetic perspective. Primarily concerned with the lengthening of shortened tissues to help realign body parts, Postural Correction offers a collective approach to remedying malalignment. Techniques vary for each posture correction, including deep tissue massage, simple passive stretches, soft tissue release, common trigger points, and gentle limb traction. Because weak or poorly functioning muscles may contribute to postural problems, the text notes what muscles need to be strengthened and includes recommendations on techniques. Suggestions also are made for those postures that are difficult to correct with hands-on techniques, such as scoliosis, genu valgum (knock knees), and genu varum (bow legs). Recognizing that the work clients can carry out independently is a crucial component of long-term postural correction, this guide includes information on how clients can continue their therapy independently between or at the conclusion of their therapy sessions. Therapists can take these techniques and recommendations to advise, educate, and guide clients in their efforts. Much attention is paid to lifestyle, activities, and habitual use or resting of a body part that may have led to the initial pain and malalignment. Structured by anatomical regions of the body to make accessing information quick and easy, Postural Correction tackles postural concerns commonly affecting the spine; pelvis; upper limbs, including the shoulder and elbow; and lower limbs, including the hip, knee, ankle, and foot. Examples from various sports and demographics such as the elderly offer contextual and applied value. Descriptions avoid biomechanical jargon and instead focus on simple, clear explanations. Information is also included for when hands-on techniques are limited in correcting a particular posture. Special features make this book unique and useful: • Full-color anatomical illustrations and photographs present a clear visual of what will help bring about postural change. • Consistency with the other titles in the Hands-On Guides for Therapists series ensures that the manual therapies throughout this book are easily accessible. • An overview of each malalignment includes the muscles that are shortened or lengthened, notes about each posture, a bulleted list of ideas grouped according to whether these are carried out by the therapist or the client, and rationale for the suggested corrective techniques. • Concluding comments summarize the information for access at a glance. Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education course and exam that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes all the course materials and exam....
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Author by : Dena Arooth
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1994
Publisher by :
ISBN : OCLC:37570982
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Author by : Health and Human Services Dept (U S )
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2014-09-20
Publisher by : Government Printing Office
ISBN : 0160925266
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT-- OVERSTOCK SALE- Significantly reduced list price This short and concise report describes an observational approach for assessing postural stress of the trunk and upper limbs that is intended to improve risk analysis for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. The approach is supported by several recent research studies. The purpose of this document is to help practitioners assess working posture for the prevention and control of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Glossary of terms and appendices are included....
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Author by : David Gogo
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2020
Publisher by :
ISBN : OCLC:1200035282
Introduction: The PASS for Postural Assessment Scale for stroke patient is an instrument evaluating posture and balance after stroke published in Stroke in 1999. We propose 20 years after its creation the first systematic review concerning the use of the PASS throughout the world and summarize its psychometric properties. Material and Methods: Results were extract from two strategies in order to be exhaustive. First all articles from Web Of Science and citing the seminal article of the PASS was analyzed since 1999 to December 2019. A complementary researches was performed in EMBASE, PUBMED with the key words 'postural, balance', 'stroke' following the COSMIN guideline for conducting systematic reviews. Study selection and quality assessment were performed by two reviewers. Results: We analyzed 105 articles and classified them into categories of use of PASS. Among them, 36 studies analyzed psychometric properties of the PASS and enhanced scale like the SwePASS. All psychometric properties were analyzed and level of evidence of that instrument is high for the main psychometrics according to COSMIN guideline. Conclusion: The PASS had become a gold standard throughout years because of good clinometric properties. However, enhanced versions like the SwePASS suggest some improvements that can be done especially to avoid ceiling effect....
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Author by : Daniela Colombini
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2018-09-03
Publisher by : CRC Press
ISBN : 9781351370196
This book covers how to analyze awkward working postures, particularly of the spine and lower limbs, in specific groups exposed. The methods covered suggests how to evaluate the postures correctly, taking account of the duration and sequence of the tasks involved, even in very complex scenarios where workers are involved with multiple tasks and work cycles varying from day to day. Excel spreadsheets located on the authors’ website (www.epmresearch.org) have been developed to gather, condense, and automatically process the data. The tools serve to implement the strategy for calculating risk associated with exposure to awkward postures, i.e. the TACOS method. Included are 5 case studies which include physiotherapists, workers from construction, archaeological digs, vineyards, and kindergarten teachers. Features Provides a coherent definition of what the study of awkward postures is Clarifies and explains which parameters need to be detected and analyzed for the study of the working postures Defines the phases of a proper organizational study (e.g. tasks, postures, duration, and how often the postures will last) in the working cycle Presents a new and original risk calculation model for awkward postures, with particular attention to the study of the spine and the lower limbs Offers a free excel spreadsheet located on the authors' website which implements the strategy for calculating risk associated with exposure to awkward postures...