Posture

Types, Exercises & Health Effects

Buch | Hardcover

213 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63117-252-6 (ISBN)

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This book presents an overview of human posture and focuses on how it can be influenced by a number of sporting and physical activities as well as biomechanical, physiological, and psycho-sociological factors. It presents a range of chapters that discuss various assessment protocols to posture and details how certain approaches such as yoga, postural chain theory, and pilates can be integrated into various management programs. It brings together invited contributions from across the world and from authors who are experts in their specific field. This book is intended for those who have an interest in posture and how it influences function, pathology and treatment. It will appeal to students and clinicians of physical therapy, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, osteopathy, podiatry and others involved in the study and management of posture.

Preface; Old Problems & New Perspectives for Postural Analysis; The Clinical Usefulness of Head Posture Assessment for Patients with Neck Pain; Head & Neck Posture & Upper Spine Morphology in Relation to the Craniofacial Profile & Orofacial Function; Emotion: The Missing Link in Posture; The Influence of Fear, Happiness & Concern on Posture; Influence of Hamstring Extensibility on Spinal & Pelvic Postures in Highly Trained Athletes; Spinal Posture in Cycling; Effects of Physical & Sporting Activities on Postural Stability in Children; The Role of Unstable Shoe Constructions for the Improvement of Postural Control; Efficacy of Modified Yoga Positions & Postural Chains Therapy for Spinal Pain Treatment; Yoga Postures & Colon Cleanse; The Behavior Characteristics & Postural Angles in Teenagers Who Wear High-Heeled Shoes & How Pilates can be Used for Postural Control; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	554 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Kosmetik / Podologie
ISBN-10	1-63117-252-2 / 1631172522
ISBN-13	978-1-63117-252-6 / 9781631172526
Zustand	Neuware