3 options
Alternative medicine and rehabilitation / editors, Stanley F. Wainapel, Avital Fast.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alternative medicine.
- Medical rehabilitation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Demos, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although unconventional therapies have coexisted with traditional medicine for centuries, the extent of their utilization was only recently recognized; we now know between one third and one half of patients receiving traditional rehabilitation therapies have had some experience with what has come to be referred to variously as alternative, complementary, or integrative medicine. Given the pervasiveness and popularity of alternative medicine, physicians and other health professionals should be able to appropriately advise or counsel patients regarding the potential benefits or problems associate.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1- The Physiologic Basic Of Manipulation; 2- The Efficacy Of Manipulative Treatment; 3- Chiropractic Therapy In The Rehabilitation Of Neuromusculoskeletal Diseases; 4- Massage As A Form Of Complementary And Alternative Healing Modality For Physical Manipulation; 5- Tai Chi Chuan; 6- Yoga In Medicine; 7- The Alexander Technique; 8- Prayer, Meditation , And Spirituality In Rehabilitation; 9- Biofeedback As An Adjunct In Rehabilitation Medicine; 10- Clinical Hypnosis; 11- Acupuncture: From Qi To Biomedical Science
- 12- Nutritional Therapy In Rehabilitation13- Research Program Of The NIH Center For Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Stroke And Neurologic Disorders: 1995-2000; 14- Reading The Complementary And Alternative Medicine Literature; 15- Paying For Complementary And Alternative Medicine; 16- Low Back Pain: An Integrative Treatment Approach; 17- Alternative Therapies For Complications Of Diabetes Mellitus; 18- Qi Gong Exercise In The Treatment Of Cumulative Trauma Disorder; 19- Clinical Applications Of Magnetic Therapy For Neuropathic Pain; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-97462-5
- 9786611974626
- 1-934559-03-2
- OCLC:
- 437177204
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.