- Industry: Alternative therapy
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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. ...
Motion occurring during the cranial rhythmic impulse when the sphenobasilar symphysis descends and sacral base moves anteriorly.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Motion occurring during the cranial rhythmic impulse, when the sphenobasilar symphysis ascends and the sacral base moves posteriorly.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Motion of one innominate (ilium) with respect to the sacrum. Iliosacral motion is part of pelvic motion during the gait cycle.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Motion of the sacrum in relationship to the innominate(s) (ilium/ ilia).
Industry:Alternative therapy
Movement about the anatomical vertical axis (y axis) of a vertebra; named by the motion of a midpoint on the anterior-superior surface of the vertebral body.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Movement in a coronal (frontal) plane about an anteriorposterior (x) axis.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Movement of the entire pelvis in a relatively horizontal plane about a vertical (longitudinal) axis.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Movement of the ribs during respiration such that with inhalation the anterior aspect of the rib moves cephalad and causes an increase in the anteroposterior diameter of the thorax. This type of rib motion is found predominantly in the upper ribs, decreasing in motion from the upper to the lower ribs.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Movement of the ribs during respiration such that with inhalation, the lateral aspect of the rib moves cephalad resulting in an increase of transverse diameter of the thorax. This type of rib motion is predominantly found in lower ribs, increasing in motion from the upper to the lower ribs.
Industry:Alternative therapy
Movement of the sacrum about a vertical (y) axis (usually in relation to the innominate bones).
Industry:Alternative therapy
