The elements of Kellgren's manual treatment / by Edgar F. Cyriax.

  • Cyriax, Edgar F.
Date:
1903
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: The elements of Kellgren's manual treatment / by Edgar F. Cyriax. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    32/534 page 10
    GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITIONS. As Kellgren’s methods are based upon Ling’s, I shall, whenever possible, follow the example of the best textbooks^ on Ling’s system regarding classification, arrangement, &c., of the various positions, exercises and manipulations. The Swedish term “ Sjukgymnastik,” which may be trans- lated as “ medical gymnastics,” has at various times been replaced by synonyms, such as “ Eorelsekuren ” (he., movement cure), Heilorganik (Neumann^) “ Kinesitherapie,” “ Kinesipathy ” (Georgii and others too numerous to mention. By a gymnastic position is meant the posture which must be correctly assumed before a gymnastic movement either of the active or passive kind can be executed, and which must be' strictly maintained throughout the performance of such movement (with the exception, of course, of that part of ’ the body which is actively brought into play thereby). This rale is only relaxed in certain cases of passive movements (see Chapter VI.). To define a ” gymnastic movement” is not easy, because the term is applied to everything from the most powerful active exercise to the most gently and lightly-applied passive manipula- tions. Its various significations will best he gathered from the following classification and descriptions. Gymnastic movements are divided into :— I. —Active. II. —Passive. I.—Active Movements are such as are performed by an ‘ The only two textbooks of any real value are as follows: Neumann, “Die Heilgymnastik,” 1862; Hartelius, “ Liirobok i Sjukgymnastik,” first edition 1870, second edition 1883, third edition 1892. - “Das Muskelleben des Menscben in Beziebung auf Heilgymnastik und Turnen,” 1855, p. iii. 3 “ Kin6sith6rapie ou Traitement des Maladies par le Mouvement,” 1847. “A Few Words on Kinesipathy, or Swedish Medical Gymnastics,” 1850.
    No text description is available for this image
    No text description is available for this image
    No text description is available for this image