Introduction to manipulative skills 1. Educational aspects of the teaching and learning of manual psychomotor skills 2. Some biomechanical considerations in manipulative skills training - An evidence-based investigation 3. The physiology of skill performance 4. Postural considerations for the practitioner 5. Hand-arm-shoulder positional skills 6. Manipulative thrust skills, other movements and related exercises 7. Patient positioning skills 8. Identification of important spinal landmarks 9. Pelvic/sacroiliac manipulative skills 10. Lumbar spine manipulative skills 11. Thoracic spine 12. Cervical spine manipulative skills 13. Pediatric manipulative skills 14. Manipulative skills for the pregnant patient 15. Manipulative skills for the elderly/geriatric patient Appendix I - A summary of cardinal rules Appendix II - Recommended sequence of manipulative skills and other considerations

This unique resource approaches chiropractic manipulative skills in a logical, sequential fashion that covers all regions of the spine and pelvis. Special sections address topics such as patient positioning, thrust skills, anatomical landmark location, geriatric manual skills, pediatric skills, and dealing with the pregnant patient. Also provides educational, neurophysiological, and biomechanical rationales for skills learning and training from an international team of authors.

Este recurso único aborda las habilidades manipuladoras quiroprácticas de una manera lógica y secuencial que cubre todas las regiones de la columna vertebral y la pelvis. Las secciones especiales abordan temas como el posicionamiento del paciente, las habilidades de empuje, la ubicación anatómica del monumento, las habilidades manuales geriátricas, las habilidades pediátricas y el trato con la paciente embarazada. También proporciona razones educativas, neurofisiológicas y biomecánicas para el aprendizaje de habilidades y la formación de un equipo internacional de autores.