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    Jochen Schomacher, PhD, PT-OMT, DPT, MCMK, Physical Therapist, Küsnacht, Switzerland.
    Summary: "Orthopedic Manual Therapy presents a systematic, step-by-step guide to manual therapy for disorders of the extremities and spine. Readers will find detailed examination and treatment techniques, the newest scientific and clinical advances, and updates on pain physiology, biomechanics, neurodynamics, and the biopsychosocial model of disease as the foundation for manual therapy"--Publisher's website.

    Contents:
    The history and definition of orthopedic manual therapy
    Manual therapy in the context of the biopsychosocial model
    Manual therapy and joint mechanics
    The manual therapy system
    Overview of orthopedic manual therapy
    Aspects of movement testing
    Therapeutic model of manual therapy
    The effects of manual therapy
    The six categories of treatment
    Key aspects in the treatment of the joints
    Research
    Indications and contraindications to treatment of the joints using translatoric
    Movements
    Notes on the practical section
    Extremity joints.