The malalignment syndrome : implications for medicine and sport /

The presentation of a newly recognized syndrome, which commonly occurs in athletes and participants in sports at all levels. Although the symptoms are familiar to those working in the field, they are often treated independently and their collective cause goes unrecognized. This text presents the evi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schamberger, Wolf
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Samorodin, Fredric T., Webster, Cynthia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2002.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Malalignment syndrome: a synopsis
  • Common presentations and diagnostic techniques
  • Malalignment syndrome
  • Related pain phenomena and medical problems
  • Clinical correlations in sports
  • Horses, saddles and riders
  • Comprehensive treatment approach
  • Treatment: the manual therapy modes
  • Conclusion
  • Sacroiliac joint rotational malalignment
  • Sacroiliac joint upslip (right side)
  • Asymmetry of lower extremity ranges of motion
  • Asymmetry of lower extremity muscle strength
  • Clinical correlations specific to running
  • Clinical findings with anatomical long right leg
  • Combination of asymmetries in athlete 1
  • Combination of asymmetries in athlete 2
  • Thoracolumbar syndrome
  • Non-specific clinical correlations
  • Clinical correlations to specific sports
  • Factors contributing to recurrence of injuries
  • Causes of recurrent malalignment.