Current Research in Arts Medicine: A Compendium of the Med-Art International 1992 World Congress on Arts and Medicine.This book is a compendium of the presentations from the 1992 World Congress on Arts and Medicine. It consists of 144 articles, each averaging about three pages in length, some of which include data tables and charts. Each article also includes brief reference list. The articles are written by 209 contributors, including four physical therapists. Because some of the authors do not write in English well, the literary quality is very uneven. The articles range in format from the anecdotal, to the case study, to the structure of a traditional research journal. The book is intended to bring performing arts therapy to the attention of the medical community. It serves this task well, covering a broad range of arts medicine arts medicine n. A branch of medicine dealing with the special health needs of artists, such as the injuries and disorders suffered by musicians that result from playing a musical instrument. and arts therapy topics. The articles are categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat into 12 sections: aesthetics: biomechanics The study of the anatomical principles of movement. Biomechanical applications on the computer employ stick modeling to analyze the movement of athletes as well as racing horses. Biomechanics and ergonomics ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions. (largely as applied to playing musical instruments); art, music, and dance therapy (using visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → , music, or dance as therapy for psychiatric and other patients); music, dance, and vocal arts medicine (treating injuries of musicians, dancers, and singers); music education; performance stress; visual arts medicine; and neuroscience neu·ro·sci·ence n. Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system. neuroscience the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system. (which receives minimal coverage). The sections on music medicine and dance medicine will be of most interest to physical therapists. The science of arts medicine is a relatively new one, tout it is an area of interest for many therapists, as evidenced by the formation of a new special interest group of the Orthopaedics Section of the American Physical Therapy Association The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization representing more than 66,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education. . The information in this book would be most useful to those physical therapists who are actively involved in treating injuries of performers, as well as to occupational therapists who may be using the arts to treat their patients. The book may also be relevant to individuals doing research in this field, but it contains little information of interest to clinical therapists who are not involved in treating performing artists. It is not suitable as a textbook, which it is not intended to be. |
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