Functional Kinetics

General Introduction.- 1 Orientation of the Individual.- 1.1 Orientation Within the Body.- 1.2 Orientation in Space.- 1.3 Orientation Outwards from the Body.- 1.4 Orientation of the Individual and ‘Patient Language’.- 1.5 Summary.- 2 Orientation of the Physiotherapist.- 2.1 Homunculus: The Man in a Cube.- 2.2 Planes — Lines — Points.- 2.3 Proximal — Distal.- 2.4 Joints as Pivots, Switch Points and Levels of Movement.- 2.5 Capsules and Ligaments of Joints as End-Stops of Movement.- 2.6 Muscles as Effectors of Posture and Movement.- 3 Fundamental Observation Criteria.- 3.1 Functional Body Segments.- 3.2 Activity States.- 3.3 Analysis of Movement by Differentiating Between Equilibrium Reactions.- 3.4 Observer’s Planes.- 4 Instruction.- 4.1 Functional Analysis in Therapist Language.- 4.2 Formula for Instructions in Patient Language.- 4.3 Adapting an Exercise to the Patient’s Constitution and Condition.- 5 Functional Measuring.- 5.1 Points, Lines and Axes of BS Thorax.- 5.2 Points, Lines and Axes of BS Head.- 5.3 Points, Lines and Axes of BS Pelvis and BS Legs.- 5.4 Points, Lines and Axes of BS Arms.- 6 Functional Status.- 6.1 Condition.- 6.2 Constitution.- 6.3 Mobility.- 6.4 Postural Statics.- 6.5 Basic Gait Test.- 6.6 Motor Behaviour in Bending Down.- 6.7 Respiration.- 6.8 Formulating the Functional Problem.- 6.9 Guidelines to Planning Therapy.- 6.10 Examples.- 7 Treatment Techniques.- 7.1 Mobilizing Massage.- 7.2 Buttressing Mobilization.- 7.3 Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Vertebral Column.- 8 The Concept of Movement Training.- 9 Glossary.- 10 Bibliography.- 11 Subject Index.