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Mosby's essential sciences for therapeutic massage : anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and pathology / Sandy Fritz, MS, LMT, Board Certified, NCTMB, Founder, Owner, Director, and Head Instructor, Health Enrichment Center, School of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Lapeer, Michigan.

By: Fritz, Sandy, 1953-.
Contributor(s): Grosenbach, M. James.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Maryland Heights, MO : Elsevier/Mosby, c2017Edition: Fifth edition.Description: xiv, 730 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323393058; 0323393055.Other title: Essential sciences for therapeutic massage.Subject(s): Massage therapyDDC classification: 615.8/22
Contents:
Fundamentals. The body as a whole -- Mechanisms of health and disease -- Terminology : scientific, medical, social, and cultural communication -- Systems of control. Nervous system basics and the central nervous system -- Peripheral nervous system -- Endocrine system -- Kinesiology and biomechanics. Skeletal system -- Joints -- Muscles -- Biomechnics basics -- Remaining body systems. Integumentary, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and immune systems -- Respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems -- Appendix A. Muscle quick reference guide -- Appendix B. Diseases/conditions and indications/contraindications for massage therapy -- Appendix C. Clinical reasoning activities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamentals. The body as a whole -- Mechanisms of health and disease -- Terminology : scientific, medical, social, and cultural communication -- Systems of control. Nervous system basics and the central nervous system -- Peripheral nervous system -- Endocrine system -- Kinesiology and biomechanics. Skeletal system -- Joints -- Muscles -- Biomechnics basics -- Remaining body systems. Integumentary, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and immune systems -- Respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems -- Appendix A. Muscle quick reference guide -- Appendix B. Diseases/conditions and indications/contraindications for massage therapy -- Appendix C. Clinical reasoning activities.

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