TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - The Principles and Practice of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine A1 - Kuchera, Michael L. A2 - Wise, Christopher H. PY - 2015 T2 - Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy: From Art to Evidence AB - Chapter ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this chapter, the reader will be able to:Recognize the historic and ongoing contributions of osteopathic medicine with respect to various other manual therapy systems.Understand the philosophy underlying the osteopathic approach to the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.Recognize the importance of incorporating manual treatment in the context of complete care and of incorporating complete care in the context of manual treatment.Design and apply manual approaches using the interrelationship between structure and function, somatovisceral interactions, and the mental-emotional linkage to the physical body.Recognize and classify biomechanical and other somatic clues to differential diagnoses found in the neuromusculoskeletal system.Understand that somatic clues to diagnosis found in the neuromusculoskeletal system are potentially indicative of visceral or systemic problems.Understand the osteopathic examination concepts and methods leading to the identification of somatic dysfunction.Understand and competently apply the concepts and methods used to integrate positional diagnostic clues with active and/or passive motion testing.Identify six documented somatic dysfunction diagnoses that are commonly found in patients with chronic low back pain that are amenable to manual intervention.Understand the concepts of direct and indirect method manipulations in general and the concept of myofascial release specifically, and then demonstrate the ability to competently perform these techniques.Understand the principles of muscle energy and demonstrate a basic level of competence in performing reciprocal inhibition, postisometric relaxation, and rhythmic resistive duction variations with this activating force.Understand the principles of counterstrain and demonstrate a basic level of competence in performing this technique. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156866193 ER -