Positional Release Techniques

POSITIONAL RELEASE TECHNIQUES- 3RD EDITION
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Front cover
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Contents
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Contributors
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Abbreviations
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Forward
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Positional Release (PR)
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Jones's Contribution
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'Unlatching' Restrictions
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2. Replication of position of strain
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4. Goodheart's approach
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6. Any painful point as a starting place for SCS
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9. Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique (INIT)
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11. Mobilization with movement (MWM)
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13. Sacro-occipital 'blocking' techniques
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Commonalities and differences
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References
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GAS and LAS
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Local and general indications of dysfunction
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Osteopathic assessment of somatic dysfunction
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Comparing SCS palpation with standard methods
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Is there an optimal posture and function?
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Clinical choices
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Chain reactions and 'tight-loose' changes 
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A biomechanical stress sequence
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Palpable or observable features
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Trigger points- the Travell and Simons model
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Ischemia and trigger point evolution
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References
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3. THE CLINICAL USE OF SCS TECHNIQUES
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How does SCS work?
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The proprioceptive hypothesis
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Safe solution
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Circulatory concepts
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Conventional SCS training
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Where to look for tender points
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What are the tender points
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Positioning to find ease
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Jones's technique
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Notes on prioritizing points for treatment
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Figure 3.10/3.10A Jones's tender points on the anterior body surface, commonly relating to flexion strains
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Figure 3.10B Jones's tender point on the posterior body surface, commonly relating to extension strains
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Figure 3.10C Jones's tender points on the lateral body surface, commonly relating to strains involving side-bending or rotation
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Notes on patient feedback
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Notes on fine-tuning the ease position
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What does SCS treatment do?
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Scanning
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1. The SCS 'box' exercise
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2. SCS cervical flexion exercise
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3. SCS cervical extension exercise
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6. SCS low back/lower limb exercise
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7. SCS upper limb (elbow) exercise
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Cervical side-flexion strains
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Suboccipital strains
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Other cervical extension strains
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Treating bed bound patients
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The Spencer shoulder sequence protocol
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Specific muscle dysfunction- SCS applications
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Subclavius
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Pectoralis major
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Pectoralis minor
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Assessment of elevated first rib
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Assessment and treatment of elevated and depressed ribs (2 to 12)
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Interspace dysfunction
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Flexion strains of the thoracic spine
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Extension strains of the thoracic spine
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Flexion strains of the lumbar spine
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Extension strains of the lumbar spine
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SCS for psoas dysfunction (and for recurrent sacroiliac joint problems)
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Sacral foramen tender points and low back pain
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Treatment of medial sacral tender points
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Lateral hamstring (biceps femoris)
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Reactions following SCS
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Other body areas
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References
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Side-effects
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The hospitalized patient
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Problems of manual treatment delivery in hospital
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Testing and treating fascial patterns
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Indirect rib treatment
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Goodheart's positional release innovations
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Reducing the time the position of ease is held
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Is Goodheart's 'respiratory assist' instruction too simplistic?
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What does the finger spread do?
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Psoas treatment using Goodheart's protocol
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Coccygeal ('filum terminale cephalad') lift
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Positional release and cranial treatment
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Treatment of cranial structures
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Two cranial exercises
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2. Temporal freedom of movement exercise
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Jones's SCS cranial approach
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2. Infraorbital (or maxillary) tender point
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3. Lamboidal dysfunction
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7. Occipitomastoid
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9. Sphenobasilar
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11. Squamosal suture
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Method 2 (TMJ compression and decompression)
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Method 3
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References
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Muscle pain
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Progressive adaptation
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Pathophysiology of fibromyalgia/fibrositis/myodysneuria
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What is happening in the FMS patient's muscles?
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Figure 5.1 A selection of the most commonly found examples of representations of trigger point sites and their references (or target) areas.
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Facilitation/sensitization
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Trigger point characteristics summarized
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Clinical choices
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General treatment methods
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SCS and trigger points
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Palpation tests for tender and trigger points
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Self-treatment SCS methods for FMS patients
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Using the tender points
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2. Lateral neck tender points
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4. Origin of the supraspinatus muscle above the shoulder blade
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5. Second rib tender points
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References
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Origins of functional technique
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Functional exercises
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1. Bowles's functional exercise
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2. Johnston and Stiles's sensitivity exercise
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3. Hoover's clavicle exercise
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4. Hoover's thoracic exercise
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5. Greenman's (1989) spinal 'stacking' exercise
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6. Exercise in cervical palpation
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Functional treatment of the knee- a case study
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Functional treatment of the atlanto-occipital joint
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References
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The nature of FPR
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FPR for soft-tissue changes affecting spinal joints
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Cervical restriction- FPR treatment method
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FPR treatment of thoracic region dysfunction
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Thoracic flexion restriction and FPR
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FPR treatment for lumbar restrictions and tissue change
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Muscular corrections using FPR
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References
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Historical context of padded wedges
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Provocation testing, directional preference and related procedures
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Directional preference in the physical therapy profession
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Using padded wedges for examination purposes
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Quantifying blocking as provocation testing
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Simplified approach to provocation testing: the quick scan
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Conclusions on provocation testing using padded wedges
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Test blocking may suggest a listing or structural diagnosis
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Padded wedges in SOT
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Identification of pelvic torsion and treatment in SOT
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The mechanics of prone and supine diagonal blocking
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Sagittal plane blocking
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Lumbar blocking
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Outcome studies on padded wedges
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Conclusions
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References
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9. OVERVIEW OF THE MCKENZIE METHOD
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Examination
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Examination findings
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Postural syndrome
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Derangement syndrome
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References
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10. THE MULLIGAN CONCEPT: NAGs, SNAGs, MWMs
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Treatment planes
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Indications for use
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NAGs
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SNAGs
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Thoracic spine- snags
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Lumbar spine
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Headache
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Dizziness
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Peripheral mobilizations with movement
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Wrist: resisted pronation and/or supination
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Elbow
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2. This shoulder technique is not suitable for taping
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Talocrural joint
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Ankle sprains
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The knee
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Common erros for MWM as a whole
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Rational of the Mulligan concept
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Integration with the ideas of other clinicians
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References
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Introduction
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Transverse offload
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Indirect methods: with reference to the shoulder girdle
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Taping as a form of proprioceptive biofeedback?
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Taping guidelines: shoulder as an example
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Skin reactions
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Scapulohumeral function
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Reference
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History of animal treatment
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Central responses
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Examination
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General considerations
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The limbs
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Lumbosacral and pelvic region
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Is equine osteopathy (positional release) effective?
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Conclusion
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References
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INDEX......Page 282