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The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) is a non-profit organization that supports the United States' colleges of osteopathic medicine and serves as a unifying voice for osteopathic medical education. Governed by its Board of Deans and led by President Stephen C. ...
A unit of the human movement system consisting of a bone, with articular surfaces for movement, as well as the adnexal tissues that create movement, allow movement and establish position under motor control.
Industry:Alternative therapy
A vertical line used as a reference in standing anteroposterior (A-P) x-rays and postural evaluation, passing equidistant between the heels.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Absence of symmetry of position or motion; dissimilarity in corresponding parts or organs on opposite sides of the body that are normally alike; of particular use when describing position or motion alteration resulting from somatic dysfunction. NB: This term is part of the TART acronym for an osteopathic somatic dysfunction.
Industry:Alternative therapy
According to Sutherland’s model, all the joints in the body are balanced ligamentous articular mechanisms. The ligaments provide proprioceptive information that guides the muscle response for positioning the joint, and the ligaments themselves guide the motion of the articular components.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Active or passive movement of a body part to its physiologic or anatomic limit in any or all planes of motion.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Adaptive and optimal attainment of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and environmental well-being.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An anatomical division of the body defined either by natural, functional or arbitrary boundaries.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An imaginary line through the costotransverse and the costovertebral articulations of the rib.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An indirect procedure that involves carrying the dysfunctional part away from the restrictive barrier, then applying a high velocity/low amplitude force in the same direction.
Industry:Alternative therapy
An indirect treatment approach that involves finding the dynamic balance point and one of the following: applying an indirect guiding force, holding the position or adding compression to exaggerate position and allow for spontaneous readjustment. The osteopathic practitioner guides the manipulative procedure while the dysfunctional area is being palpated in order to obtain a continuous feedback of the physiologic response to induced motion. The osteopathic practitioner guides the dysfunctional part so as to create a decreasing sense of tissue resistance (increased compliance).
Industry:Alternative therapy
