Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2619617 | Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies | 2008 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
A new model, conceptually informed by the embryology and evolutionary biomechanics of vertebrate movement patterns, describes fields of interacting contractility. Contractile fields are whole organism in scope and are drawn from core mammalian movement patterns such as flexing, extending, lateral flexing, twisting left/right, squeezing, pulsating, and peristaltic movements. Each contractile field is modelled as embedding a primary sense organ. Fields of contractility have a textile-like warp and weft. Contractile fields converge to nodes and decussative (crossed) lines, from which they again re-radiate.
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Authors
Phillip DO, DAc, OsNZ,