Aktuelle Gerontol. 1979 Jan; 9(1): 1-5.

[Possibilities and contraindications of manual therapy in geriatrics (author's transl)]

Tilscher H.

Complaints of the locomotor apparatus increase in the old age. The arising of these disturbances is discussed and their effect to the locomotor apparatus with the clinical findings are described. The clinical findings are diagnosed by the methods of the Manual Medicine. The manual therapy enables the treatment of the reflectoric expression of these disturbances. The contraindications are mentioned. The "soft Tissue Technics" and the "Technics of Mobilisation" are of great importance for the treatment of complaints of the locomotor apparatus in the old age. Examples of those technics are described.