Biomechanics Of The Nervous System

Download or read book Biomechanics of the Nervous System written by Michael O. Shacklock and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breig's understanding of how the nervous system functions mechanically lead to new concepts in manual and musculoskeletal medicine. This summary work includes content from two books, Biomechanics of the central nervous system (1960) and Adverse mechanical tension in the nervous system (1978); photoelastic models of stress behavior; cranial nerve and nerve root movement; spinal cord biomechanics; movement of meningeal tissues and intraneural blood vessel behavior, cauda equina biomechanics, sliding and tension of the neural tissues; and analysis of lumbopelvic movement with neurodynamic testing.