Therapeutic stretching : towards a functional approach /: towards a functional approach. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eyal Lederman DO, PhD, Director, Centre for Professional Development in Manual and Physical Therapies, Senior Lecturer, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
• Authors: Lederman, Eyal
• Contents: Front cover; Half title page; Dedication; Therapeutic Stretching; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; The Website; 1 Introduction to Therapeutic and Functional Stretching; What Is Stretching?; Therapeutic, Sports and Recreational Stretching; Is stretching essential for normalization of ROM?; Is stretching useful therapeutically?; Towards a Functional- Behavioural Approach; Advantages of functional challenges; Towards a Process Approach; Processes underpinning ROM recovery; Classification of Stretching; What about traditional forms of stretching?; Summary; References. 2 Functional and Dysfunctional ROMROM Ingredients; Active end-range; Passive end-range; ROM and sensitivity; Defining functional and dysfunctional ROM; Functional ROM; Dysfunctional ROM; Functional and clinical ROM ideals; Summary; References; 3 Causes of ROM Loss and Therapeutic Potential of Rehabilitation; Defining the Boundary of ROM Rehabilitation; Self-limiting conditions; Persistent conditions; Progressive conditions; Summary; References; 4 Adaptation in ROM Loss and Recovery; The Wonders of Mechanotransduction; Dysfunctional Adaptation and ROM Losses. Connective tissue and intracapsular structuresMuscle changes; Connective tissue change in muscle; Adaptation in ROM Recovery; Recovery in connective tissue; Adaptive recovery in muscle; Muscle connective tissue; Adaptation in Other Tissues/ Systems/Dimensions; What (Really) Drives Adaptation in Recovery; Summary; References; 5 Specificity in ROM Rehabilitation; Specificity and Generalization; Transfer of training; Measuring similarities; Studies of Specificity and Transfer; Transfer in stretching; Studies of Specificity and Transfer in Patients; Implications for ROM Rehabilitation. Promoting Generalization and Transfer in ROM RehabilitationA Note on Sensory Specificity; Summary; References; 6 The Overloading Condition for Recovery; Loading Levels and Thresholds; Overloading in relation to ROM loss and recovery; Impediments to overloading; The "inconsequential" elongation; Rate of stretching; The "undesirable" plastic ROM change; Graded Challenge and the Task Parameters; The Fallacy of Specific Tissue Stretching/Loading; Summary; References; 7 Exposure and Scheduling the ROM Challenge; Duration of Challenge; Duration in the presence of ROM pathology. Competition in ROM adaptationRatio between maintaining and recuperating signals; Termination of ROM challenge; Scheduling in Functional and Extra-Functional Approaches; A note on control of active ROM and task exposure; Adherence to THE Programme; Summary; References; 8 Rehabilitating the Active ROM:; Goals and Focus of Attention; External-internal focus in ROM rehabilitation; Regression from goal to movement level; Task-specific Muscle Recruitment; Integrate or fragment?; Synergy in pathology; Focus of ROM Rehabilitation; Importance of Cognition; Cognition and feedback.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.72062; Joints -- Diseases -- Physical therapy; Stretching exercises -- Therapeutic use; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Fysiotherapie; Spier-beenderstelsel; Motoriek; Manuele therapie; Muscle Stretching Exercises -- methods; Range of Motion, Articular -- physiology; Recovery of Function; Electronic books; Leermiddelen (vorm)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702054266; 0702054267
• Related ISBNs: 9780702043185; 0702043184
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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