week 2 Kaltenborn's Concept

•His major contributions was the use of biomechanical principles in patient evaluation and treatment

•Promote the use of arthrokinematics in both assessment and treatment of articular motion dysfunctions

•Emphasized the use of

•translatoric joint play movements in relation to a treatment plane for evaluating and mobilizing joints

•grades of movement

•the convex-concave rule

•pre-positioning for joint movement

•protecting adjacent non-treated joints during procedures