The science and clinical application of manual therapy / 
edited by Hollis H. King, Wilfrid Janig, Michael M. Patterson : illustrations by Martin Woodward. 
 - Edinburgh :  Elsevier,  2011. 
 - viii, 325 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm.. 
<br/><br/> Based on the International Research Symposium on Somato-Visceral Interactions and Autonomic Mechanisms of Manual Therapy held March 31-April 1, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas. 
<br/><br/>The concepts of osteopathic medicine : past and present / Hollis H. King and Mike M. Patterson -- Functions of the autonomic nervous system : current concepts / Wilfrid Janig -- Somatosympathetic reflex mechanisms / Joel G. Pickar ... [et al.] -- Modulation of visceral function by somatic stimulation / Brian S. Budgell -- Manual medicine and autonomic nervous system : assessing autonomic function in humans / Michael L. Smith, Kari Guinn Clark, and Xiangrong Shi -- Survey of mechanotransduction disorders / John J. Triano -- Spinothalamic system and viscero-somatic motor reflexes : functional organization of cardiac and somatic input / Robert D. Foreman, Chao Qin, and Chuan-Chau Jerry Jou -- Central convergence of viscersomatic inputs from spinal and vagal sources / Charles H. Hubscher -- Role of oxytocin and oxytocin related effects in manual therapies / Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg and Maria Petersson -- Viscero-sensory pathways in the brain / Lisa E. Goehler -- The use of sham or placebo controls in manual medicine research / Michael M. Patterson -- Research on somato-visceral interactions and the impact of manual therapy on systemic disorders from the osteopathic experience / Hollis H. King -- Chiropractic practice, experience, and research related to somato-visceral interactions / Cheryl Hawk -- A physical therapist's perspective on manual therapy : clinical effectiveness and selected mechanism / Steven George -- Therapeutic massage and bodywork : overview of the practice and evidence of a developing health profession / Janet Kahn -- Basic science on somato-visceral interactions : peripheral and central evidence base and implications for research / Wilfrid Janig -- Clinical applications of manual therapy on physiologic functions and systemic disorders : evidence base and implications for research / Hollis H. King and Michael M. Patterson. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780702033872  RM211.02 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Autonomic Nervous System--physiology--Congresses.<br/>Autonomic Nervous System Diseases--therapy--Congresses.<br/>Mechanotransduction, Cellular--Congresses.<br/>Osteopathic Medicine--Congresses.<br/>Visceral Afferents--Congresses.