This hard-cover publication is based on the International Research Symposium on ‘Somato-Visceral Interaction and Autonomic Mechanism of Manual Therapy’ held in 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas. The text then covers the current state of knowledge of the effects of somatic stimulation of manual therapy on visceral and autonomic functions at all levels of the neuraxis.
The editors brought together an impressive cadre of clinicians and scientist from the fields of osteopathic medicine, chiropractic, massage therapy, physical therapy as well as scientists from laboratories around the world. Reading the list of contributors inspires one to read what the latest scientific evidence is in somato-visceral interactions.
The book is divided into four sections, and chapters within each section cover a wide range of exciting and up to date research results and clinical pearl on management strategies. This is an invaluable text for all students and practitioners of manual therapies as it provides the prevailing theories on how manual therapies influence the physiological interactions of health and various disorders. Furthermore, it provides directions in the search for the scientific underpinnings of the obvious clinical successes of the various forms of manual therapies.