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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. ...
1. A motion or state where one end of a part is twisted about a longitudinal axis while the opposite end is held fast or turned in the opposite direction. 2. A physiologic motion pattern about an anteroposterior axis of the sphenobasilar symphysis/ synchondrosis.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A nutritional function or relation. 2. The natural tendency to replenish the body stores that have been depleted.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A partial or incomplete dislocation. 2. A term describing an abnormal anatomical position of a joint which exceeds the normal physiologic limit, but does not exceed the joint’s anatomical limit.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A physiologic function occurring in the sacrum during ambulation and forward bending. 2. A sacral somatic dysfunction around an oblique axis in which a torque occurs between the sacrum and innominates. The L5 vertebra rotates in the opposite direction of the sacrum. 3. If the L5 does not rotate opposite to the sacrum, L5 is termed maladapted. 4. Other terms for this maladaption include: rotations about an oblique axis, anterior or posterior sacrum and a torsion with a non-compensated L5 (Archaic use).
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A portion of a larger body or structure set off by natural or arbitrarily established boundaries, often equated with spinal segment. 2. To describe a single vertebrae or a vertebral segment corresponding to the sites of origin of rootlets of individual spinal nerves. 3. A portion of the spinal cord
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A system of diagnosis and treatment by an osteopathic practitioner using the primary respiratory mechanism and balanced membranous tension. 2. Refers to the system of diagnosis and treatment first described by William G. Sutherland.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A technique intended to normalize neuromuscular function by applying a manual oscillatory force, which may be combined with any other ligamentous or myofascial technique. 2. A refinement of a long-standing use of oscillatory force in osteopathic diagnosis and treatment as published in early osteopathic literature.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A term originated by Samuel Hahnemann, MD, to distinguish homeopaths from physicians practicing traditional/ orthodox medicine. 2. In common usage, a general term used to differentiate MDs (medical doctors) from other schools of medicine.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A test for lateralization of somatic dysfunction of the sacrum, innominate or pubic symphysis. 2. Application of a force through the ASIS into one of the pelvic axes to assess the mechanics of the pelvis.
Industry:Alternative therapy
1. A test used to differentiate between backward or forward sacral torsions/rotations. 2. A test used to differentiate bilateral sacral extension and bilateral sacral flexion. 3. A test used to differentiate unilateral sacral extension and unilateral sacral flexion.
Industry:Alternative therapy
