Thinking on conception and name of the "subluxation".
- Author:
Wei-an YUAN
1
;
Hong-sheng ZHAN
;
Min FANG
;
Ying-wu CHENG
Author Information
1. Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Humans;
Manipulation, Spinal;
Models, Animal;
Spinal Injuries;
therapy;
Terminology as Topic
- From:
China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
2011;24(10):861-863
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
"Subluxation" is the core of pathological conception of spinal injuries treated by spinal manipulation. The conception of "Subluxation" not only includes changes of joint anatomy,but also emphasizes on joint dysfunction which is caused by changes of the anatomical position. The name of "Subluxation" in manual medicine is the same as modern medicine,but the content is obviously different. Nonetheless, it would be confused and not reflect the characteristics of manual practices. So we can consider changing the name of "Subluxation" in manual medicine into "Yatuowei".
