Meaning of "mechanotherapy" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MECHANOTHERAPY

mechanotherapy  [ˌmɛkənəʊˈθɛrəpɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MECHANOTHERAPY

Mechanotherapy is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MECHANOTHERAPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mechanotherapy

Mechanotherapy is used as term for exercise prescription to promote healing and rehabilitation. This usage is consistent with the way 'electotherapy' refers to healing using electrical modalities such as ultrasound and 'pharmacotherapy' refers to treatment with pharmaceuticals. A reference/citation for this use of the term 'mechanotherapy' is http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/43/4/247.abstract. Mechanotherapy is a useful term for exercise which is prescribed for rehabilitation because tissue repair is driven by the physiological and well-recognized process of 'mechanotransduction'. Another, related use of the term Mechanotherapy also sometimes called Massotherapy, is the original term for therapeutic massage. It was developed as an independent branch of manual medicine in Sweden in the early 20th century. It quickly became popular in the U.S. and many chiropractic colleges in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century also offered separate degree programs in mechanotherapy. Mechanotherapists received a Doctor of Mechanotherapy degree and were licensed to practice in many states and practiced in many more states without a license.

Definition of mechanotherapy in the English dictionary

The definition of mechanotherapy in the dictionary is the treatment of disorders or injuries by means of mechanical devices, esp devices that provide exercise for bodily parts.

TRANSLATION OF MECHANOTHERAPY

Find out the translation of mechanotherapy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mechanotherapy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mechanotherapy» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Spanish: mecanoterapia
• English: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Hindi: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Arabic: معالجة ميكانيكية
• Translator English - Russian: механотерапия
• Translator English - Portuguese: mecanoterapia
• Translator English - Bengali: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - French: mécanothérapie
• Translator English - Malay: Mekanoterapi
• Translator English - German: Mechanotherapie
• Translator English - Japanese: メカノ
• Translator English - Korean: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Javanese: Mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Tamil: இயந்திர முறை கொண்டு நோய்களைக் குணப்படுத்துதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: यांत्रिक उपचार
• Translator English - Turkish: mekanoterapi
• Translator English - Italian: meccanoterapia
• Translator English - Polish: mechanoterapia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: механотерапія
• Translator English - Romanian: mecanoterapie
• Translator English - Greek: μηχανοθεραπεία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mechanotherapy
• Translator English - Swedish: mekanoterapi
• Translator English - Norwegian: mekanoterapi

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MECHANOTHERAPY»

Discover the use of mechanotherapy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mechanotherapy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Homeopathic Medicine for Everyone, Dr. Kuhns System

7.6 Mechanotherapy (which can be applied to physical therapy application). Mechanotherapy is the application of mechanical measures, or the treatment of disease by means of manual manipulation. While massage is principally a passive ...

Bradley W. Kuhns, Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D., 2011

Orthodontics: Current Principles and Techniques

Conceptually the thought process in translating treatment plans to mechanotherapy should proceed as follows. If a deep anterior overbite were attributable to inadequate eruption of the posterior teeth with adequate eruption of the incisor teeth, ...

Lee W. Graber, Robert L. Vanarsdall Jr., Katherine W. L. Vig, 2011

Contemporary Orthodontics

Class II elastics as needed • Gingival surgery, if needed, before appliances are removed The Detailed Plan: Specifying Orthodontic Mechanotherapy What is established in the patient-parent consultation is the treatment plan in conceptual  ...

William R. Proffit, Henry W. Fields Jr., David M. Sarver, 2006

Clinical Rehabilitation:

Massages and other types of mechanotherapy contributed toward relaxation of people in all historical periods of civilization. Technical advances increased the expansion of modalities by instrument-applied types of energy with the option of an ...

Pavel Kolar et al., 2014

Anatomy and Physiology for the Acupuncturist

The subluxations of the or coccyx may be anterior, posterior or lateral tilt. sacrum 7.6 Mechanotherapy (which can be applied to physical therapy application). Mechanotherapy is the application of mechanical measures, or the treatment of ...

Bradley W. Kuhns, Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D., 2011

Orthodontic and Dentofacial Orthopedic Treatment

... case studies before/after treatment 138, 143, 148, 152 interarch compression spring space closure of congenitally missing bicuspids 1 95 in interceptive treatment 25, 29 serial extraction and mechanotherapy after treatment 40, 4 1 , 48 , 50, ...

Thomas Rakosi, Thomas M. Graber, 2011

Critical Decisions in Periodontology

Yes -<- I No Orthodontic mechanotherapy aimed at correction of all functional and esthetic concerns Assess: Has the occlusal trauma been eliminated? Orthodontic mechanotherapy inappropriate: seek alternative care Yes -< No Limited ...

Walter B. Hall, 2003

The Baby's Food

Cloth, $1.75 net SECOND EDITION Grafstrom's Mechanotherapy Dr. Grafstrom gives you here the Swedish system of mechanotherapy. You are given the effects of certain movements, gymnastic postures, medical gymnastics, general ...

Issac Abt, 2008

Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Movement

This chapter lists systemic conditions that may modulate the pattern and velocity of tooth movement, affect the course and outcome of mechanotherapy, or jeopardize the patient's wellbeing and life. The aim of this chapter is to promote the ...

Vinod Krishnan, Ze'ev Davidovitch, 2009

History of Orthodontics

Corrective surgical procedures may require removable or fixed mechanotherapy, functional or orthopedic appliances, or in some cases an orthognathic / surgical approach. ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES Today orthodontists have a wide array  ...

Basavaraj Subhashchandra Phulari, 2013

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MECHANOTHERAPY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mechanotherapy is used in the context of the following news items.

It is Tendinopathy, not Tendinitis

Start with mechanotherapy to restart the healing, but if after 6 weeks there is no improvement, then consider an intervention. BUT, ask a lot of ... «Philly.com, Dec 14»

Why running is not a knee killer

A 2009 study, Mechanotherapy: How Physical Therapists' Prescription of Exercise Promotes Tissue Repair, states that even when there is an ... «Livemint, Feb 14»

I didn't know that!: Corn flakes' origin

Essentially a health resort, the San offered, among other things; hydropathy, electropathy, mechanotherapy, phototherapy, and radium cures. «Joplin Independent, Nov 13»

Madness and the artistic imagination

... a place where the best of modern design and technology – a photograph shows the lofty mechanotherapy room, with exercise chairs like the ... «Financial Times, Apr 09»

Wanderlust Robinho flies again: City's Brazilian chooses Sao Paulo …

... of fancy-named treatment over the weekend: lasertherapy, electrotherapy, cryotherapy, kinesiotherapy, mechanotherapy and iontophoresis. «Daily Mail, Mar 09»