The Meaning of Tensegrity Principles in Osteopathic Medicine
Item
- Title
- The Meaning of Tensegrity Principles in Osteopathic Medicine
- Author(s)
- Pflüger Carsten
- Abstract
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This study deals with the significance of tensegrity principles for osteopathic medicine. The central questions are, whether and in which way these principles can be applied in osteopathy and which scientific basis the application has.
The first part of the study, on the one hand, deals with the development of the tensegrity principles and their application in architecture as well as the transfer of these principles to biological systems in the micro- and macroscopic area with the help of basic research. The understanding of this basis is essential to assess the transfer of these principles in osteopathy. On the other hand, a literature analysis is carried out and it is investigated in which form these principles are transferred to osteopathic medicine. In doing so one concentrates on the quality of the particular sources.
In the second part of the qualitative study a critical discussion on the application of the tensegrity principles in osteopathy takes place. In the course of an expert interview, six experienced osteopaths are asked for their opinion on these principles. It is only these expert interviews that make a critical debate with the tensegrity principles possible, as in literature such a critical discussion does not take place.
- presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2009
- Date Submitted
- 1.9.2008 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 129
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12365
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Tensegrity
- Recommended
- 1
- Medium
- Pflueger.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- Pflueger.pdf
Pflüger Carsten, “The Meaning of Tensegrity Principles in Osteopathic Medicine”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 25, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/3047