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Copyright:
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Publication Date:
03-01-2016
Page Count:
744
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Mosby
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Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
by Sandy Fritz, MS, BCTMB, CMBE
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
![cover image - Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource,5th Edition](https://covers.elsevier.com/200fw/9780323414838.jpg)
ISBN:
9780323414838
Copyright:
2017
Publication Date:
03-01-2016
Page Count:
744
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$65.99
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Presenting comprehensive science essentials, Mosby’s Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage, 5th Edition provides full-color, easy-to-read coverage of anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, kinesiology, and pathologic conditions for the entire body. Realistic examples show why students need to learn the information, and exercises and activities help them develop critical thinking skills and prepare for certification exams. All chapters have been written and updated by noted educator and massage therapy expert Sandy Fritz, delivering the most up-to-date resource showing how scientific concepts apply to massage therapy practice.
Newer Edition Available
Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9780323672313
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- NEW ELAP-compliant content ensures that the book meets the Coalition of National Massage Therapy Organizations’ Entry-Level Analysis Project recommendations for a core entry-level massage therapy curriculum.
- Over 700 full-color line drawings and photos show muscle locations, attachments, and actions — required knowledge for passing certification exams and for practicing massage therapy.
- Essential content helps students prepare for and pass certification exams, including the National Certification Exam (NCE), the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB), and the Massage and Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx).
- NEW Focus on Professionalism boxes summarize key information about ethics and best business practices.
- NEW Mentoring Tips provide practical insight into important topics and being a massage therapy professional.
- NEW Learn More on the Web boxes in the book and on the Evolve companion website suggest online resources for further reading and research.
- NEW Quick Content Review in Question Form on Evolve reinforces the key material within each chapter and increases students’ critical thinking skills.
- A workbook/textbook format facilitates study and review with matching exercises, , fill-in-the-blank questions, drawing exercises, and critical thinking questions.
- Comprehensive coverage of biomechanics includes gait assessment and muscle testing activities along with critical thinking questions.
- Sections on pathologic conditions include suggestions for referral protocols as well as indications and contraindications for therapeutic massage.
- Coverage of nutrition explains how nutrition and nutritional products might affect or interfere with massage therapy, describing the basics of nutrition, the digestive process, and all of the main vitamins and minerals and their functions in the body.
- Critical thinking exercises promote clinical reasoning and problem-based learning.
- Learning features include chapter outlines, objectives, summaries, key terms, practical applications, and workbook sections.
- Learning How to Learn boxes at the beginning of each chapter make it easier for students to comprehend key concepts.
- Activities boxes include exercises to effectively engage students in what they are learning.
- Practical Applications boxes include photos of massage techniques and settings, and enable students to see the way material applies to real practice and supports competency-based learning.
- Indications/Contraindications for Therapeutic Massage boxes identify the indications and contraindications for specific conditions.
- Appendix on diseases/conditions provides a quick reference to indications and contraindications, showing how pathologic conditions may affect the safety and efficacy of therapeutic massage.
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- NEW ELAP-compliant content ensures that your skills and knowledge of massage therapy meets the recommendations of the Entry-Level Analysis Project.
- NEW Focus on Professionalism boxes summarize key information about ethics and best business practices.
- NEW Mentoring Tips provide practical insight into important topics and on being a massage therapy professional.
- NEW Learn More on the Web boxes in the book and on the Evolve companion website suggest online resources for further reading and research.
- NEW Quick Content Review in Question Form on Evolve reinforces the key material within each chapter and increases critical thinking skills.
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Section I: Fundamentals
1. The Body as a Whole
2. Mechanisms of Health and Disease
3. Terminology: Scientific, Medical, Social, and Cultural Communications
Section II: Systems of Control
4. Nervous System Basics and the Central Nervous System
5. Peripheral Nervous System
6. Endocrine System
Section III: Kinesiology and Biomechanics
7. Skeletal System
8. Joints
9. Muscles
10. Biomechanics Basics
Section IV: Remaining Body Systems
11. Integumentary, Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, and Immune Systems
12. 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
Glossary
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