Other Useful Links

Andere nützliche Links

 

 

Medical Manuals

 

Anatomy

Dissection online videos: Gross human anatomy

Univ. of Wisconsin

Tufts University anatomy of head & neck (includes a great site on fascial layers of the neck)

Bone pictures: interpersonal differences in human bone shapes and how these can effect joint mobility  Paul Grilley

Fascia tables of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Gil Hedley, Ph.D. offers human dissection workshop for somatic practitioners, which I highly recommend.

New contribution: The Integral Anatomy Series

Visble Human Data Set

Zahourek Systems great workshops and tools for 'anatomy in clay'. The ultimate way of learning anatomy

Anatomie Lern-Seiten der Univ. Mainz

(great for German students)

Gray’s Anatomy online (20th edition, 1400 pages & 1200 illustrations)

Merck’s Virtual Body Tours includes the world’s largest library of 3D medical animations

Encyclopedia of anatomical muscle variations

Univ. of Washington, School of Medicine

Anatomy Modules

Survey of Neurobiology

David L. Atkins

The Visible Embryo (what happens week by week in the human embryo)

Tufts Univ. cross sectional anatomy site

Virtual Anatomy Notebook, by Donal Shanahan

Visual Man (includes demo version of some cross sections)

NPAC Visual Human Viewer male cross sections online

Master Muscle List of Loyola Univ. gives attachements, action, enervation and a drawing of each muscle

Cranial Nerve Review by Gateway Comm.College

Cranial Nerves by Loyola Univ.

Howford Muscle Charts includes blood supply, no drawings for each muscle.

Muscles in Action multimedia online textbook of basic muscle actions

List of Three's in anatomy by J.A.McNulty

Anatomy Mnemonics

 Human Anatomy Online (only basic anatomy, but very interactive)

Hominid Evolution - Guided On-Line Tour (external link). Study the skeleton of 'Lucy' and other hominid ancestors

McNulty's Visible Human cross sections online, male & female

 Inst. f. Plastination (Prof. Hagen’s impressive exhibition ‘Koerperwelten’)

American 3B Scientific Products online catalog of anatomical models, skeletons, charts, etc.

Anatomical Theatre: Depictions of the Body, Disease, and Death in Medical Museums of the Western World

 

Ordering Literature

Addall  finds the cheapest online book supplier for you, includes Amazon and mailing to non-US countries

Amazon.de auch für Buchbestellungen von USA nach Deutschland, superschnell & meist portofrei

Verzeichnis aller in Deutschland lieferbaren Bücher des Börsenvereins des deutschen Buchhandels, mit online-Bestellmöglichkeit

Amazon.com to order books worldwide (yet if you live in Germany, choose Amazon.de instead)

Bibliofind to find and order used books (includes 10 million books from thousands of booksellers worldwide in English, German and other languages)

Bookfinder: same for 40 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books.

Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin (German National Library of Medicine)

 

Für Fachartikel Recherchen u. Bestellungen:

Subito-Dokument Dienst

 

 

Scientific Magazines

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. List of contents of all issues & text of a few articles

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics some abstracts of published articles

Gait & Posture abstracts, text of one free volume

Body Image exists since 2004. Free online issue

Human Movement Science devoted to pure and applied research on human movement. Abstracts online. Free sample issue.

Scoliosis open access on all articles

New Scientist (most articles of this journal are nicely presented online. Good internal search function.)

Internat. Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork open access

 

Other Magazines

Physical Therapy includes abstracts of articles

Massage Magazine subscription info only, no abstracts.

Massage and Bodywork magazine, free archive of several articles

Osteopathische Medizin Beinhaltet Volltext- Versionen einiger guter Artikel

Massage Therapy Journal  includes abstracts and samples of articles

Somatics subscription info only, no abstracts. 

DIRECTION Content list of the leading global journal on the F.M. Alexander Method (no abstracts or full text versions available online)

The New York Times search the 365 day archive for articles in the science section. Full text downloads cost $2.50 each. My personal favourite: articles by Sandra Blakeslee

 

Other Interesting Sites

Fascia Research Project, Ulm university

Laboratory of Schleip, Klingler, et al.

www.fasciaresearch.com 

Overview of international fascia research

Ida P. Rolf Library of Structural Integration

Hundreds of articles related to Rolfing. Registration needed for complete access.

International Association of Structural Integration

A unifying professional association for Structural Integrators

www.swingwalker.net  Adjo Zorn's website on the spring-like function of the lumbar fascia in walking Surgical videos: live and archived webstreams

Touch Research Institute with extensive database of research on touch, and on the effects of massage (plus yoga and tai chi)

Sean Riehl’s multimedia online learning site for massage therapists

BMLwalker interactive video of different walking styles (from Dr. Nikolaus Troje’s Biomotion Lab)

The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures. Signs & Body Language Cues  (by David B.Givens, Center for Nonverbal Studies)

Articles on Shoulder Instability

Multimedia knee exam

Univ. of Minnesota Orthopaedics

Stephen M. Levin’s Biotensegrity webpage

Repetitive Motion Injury (access to several articles and resources on RSI for computer users)

Biomechanics Worldwide richest info source on the web in this field

Trauma Infomation Pages (award winning site by D.Baldwin on trauma for clinicians & researchers)

The Halcyon, incredibly rich site on humanistic, transpersonal and other interests

Jeff Linn’s digital image analysis of Rolfing clients:

Complete text of Alfred Pesso's book "Experience in Action: A Psychomotor Psychology"

Britisch Scoliosis Society

Manual Healing Methods (report of the Office of Alternative Medicine, established by the US congress. Includes research review of different modalities.)

Gyrotonics  (info on the GXS exercise system of J.Horvarth)

Pilates Info Homepage Info on the movement reeducation system of Joseph Pilates. Lists most studios in the U.S.

Find nearest Pilates Studio

Articles by David Lauterstein on Dimensions of Touch

Articles by John Barnes on Myofascial Release

MEDLINE access (to find and order scientific articles)

PTHER list for physiotherapy discussions, archive of all postings

Clinical Gait Analysis by Chris Kirtley

Fibroworld (on fibromyalgia, chronic pain, myofascial pain syndrome)

Restless Leg Syndrome (information for professionals as well as the general public)

Capsular Patterns for each joint according to Magee

InContiNet ("The Web's Leading Resource on Incontinence and Pelvic Disorders")

Neuro Orthopaedig Institute, international group of physiotherapists around David Butler, et al., with interesting discussion site. Brain Science Podcast by Dr. Ginger Campbell, with focus on mind-body medicine
 

 

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