Kinaesthetics
Kinaesthetics is the study of body motion, and of the perception (both conscious and unconscious) of one's own body motions.[1] The perception of continuous movement (kinesthesia) is largely unconscious. A conscious proprioception is achieved through increased awareness. Kinaesthetics involves the teaching and personal development of such awareness.
Therapeutic applications
Occupational therapy and physical therapy based on movement-associated awareness has been applied in the Western world since the mid-1980s, especially in Central European care facilities. It makes use of the psychophysiological finding that greater muscle tone reduces proprioceptive sensitivity.
Kinaesthetics may benefit patients who need:
- Assistance in activities of daily living (ADL)
- Somatic feedback
- To reduce the physical effort required to move
History
Kinaesthetics was developed in the early 1970s by Frank White Hatch, who was a choreographer and dancer. Hatch studied behavioral cybernetics at Madison/Wisconsin and developed academic programs for movement and dance called Kinaesthetics in three American universities.[2] He then turned to working with disabled children as well as the field of rehabilitation. Psychologist Lenny Maietta developed a handling-training program for young parents that was also based on behavioral cybernetics.[3] Hatch & Maietta taught and worked together in German-speaking countries beginning in 1974. With the dancer John Graham, they held workshops under the name of Gentle Dance.
Maietta & Hatch used Kinaesthetics-seminars the first time as therapy in the Ernest-Holmes Fachklinik in Germany 1974-77. Together with registered nurse Suzanne Bernard Schmidt, Maietta & Hatch developed a job-specific program "Kinaesthetics in Nursing." They were in dialogue and exchange with Gregory Bateson, Moshe Feldenkrais, Berta and Karel Bobath, Liliane Juchli, and Nancy Roper. In addition to behavioral cybernetics and dance, movement therapy and humanistic psychology were named as key sources of kinaesthetics.
Maietta & Hatch are still actively involved in the development of Kinaesthetics.[4] In the last years, programs for caregivers, for workplace health and for older people especially were developed. Currently there are four organizations in which Kinaesthetics-programs are developed.[5]
Literature
- Asmussen, M. (2010) (in German), Praxisbuch Kinaesthetics. Erfahrungen zur individuellen Bewegungsunterstützung auf Basis der Kinästhetik (2. ed.), München: Elsevier, ISBN 978-3-437-27570-8
- Bauder-Mißbach, H.; Eisenschink A. M.; Kirchner, E. (2009) (in German), Kinästhetische Mobilisation. Wie Pflegekräfte die Genesung unterstützen können - eine Studie am Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Hannover: Schlütersche, ISBN 3-87706-736-0
- Brandt, I., ed. (2008) (in German), Pflegetechniken heute. Pflegehandeln Schritt für Schritt verstehen, S. 232-247 (2., vollst. überarb. ed.), München: Urban & Fischer, ISBN 978-3-437-27091-8
- Citron, I. (2004) (in German), Kinästhetik - Kommunikatives Bewegungslernen, Stuttgart: Thieme, ISBN 3-13-111862-8
- Hatch, F.; Maietta, L.; Schmidt, S. (1992) (in German), Kinästhetik. Interaktion durch Berührung und Bewegung in der Pflege (4., überarb. ed.), Eschborn: DBfK Verlag, ISBN 978-3927944022
- Hatch, F.; Maietta, L. (2003) (in German), Kinästhetik. Gesundheitsentwicklung und menschliche Funktionen (2. ed.), München: Urban & Fischer bei Elsevier, ISBN 3-437-26840-6
- Hatch, F.; Maietta, L. (2011) (in German), Kinaesthetics. Infant Handling (2., durchges. ed.), Bern: Huber, ISBN 978-3-456-84987-4
Films
- Asmussen-Clausen, M. / Knobel, S. (2006): Fortbewegen statt heben - Kinästhetik in der Pflegepraxis (DVD)
- Asmussen-Clausen, M. / Buschmann, U. (2004): Kinästhetik Infant Handling - Bewegungsunterstützung in den ersten Lebensjahren (DVD)
- Bauder-Mißbach, H. (2008): "Grundlagen der Bewegungsförderung " (DVD)
- Marty-Teuber, M. (2000): Ermöglichen statt Behindern - Kinaesthetics ein Lern- und Interaktionsmodell (DVD)
Notes
- ↑ Hatch; Maietta 2003, p.5.
- ↑ Hatch 1972
- ↑ Maietta 1986
- ↑ MH-Kinaesthetics (= Maietta-Hatch Kinaesthetics)
- ↑ Kinaesthetics-Organizations
References
- Hatch, F. W. (1973): A behavioral cybernetic interpretation of dance and dance culture. Madison, University of Wisconsin, Thesis.
- Hatch, F.; Maietta, L. (2003): Kinästhetik. Gesundheitsentwicklung und menschliche Funktionen. 2. ed. Urban & Fischer bei Elsevier, Munich, ISBN 3-437-26840-6
- Maietta, L. (1986): The effects of handling training on parent-infant interaction and infant development. Santa Barbara, The fielding institute, Thesis.
External links
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- Achinger, R.; Steenebrügge, A.: Projekt Präoperative Anleitung. In: Pflegezeitschrift 10/2002 (Retrieved 23. July 2012)
- Buge, R.; Mahler, C. (2004): Evaluationsbericht Auswertung der Befragung zum Kinästhetikprojekt. Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg (Retrieved 12. November 2011)
- Citon, I.: Kinästhetik im OP – Geht das? In: Im OP. Fachzeitschrift für OP-Pflege und OTA. Stuttgart: Georg Tieme Verlag 2011, Heft 2: S. 67-72 (Retrieved 24. August 2012)
- Collection of contributions of Kinaesthetics-coaches at Journal Viv-Arte® Kinästhetik-Plus (Retrieved 24. August 2012)
- Hantikainen, V.: Beeinflusst die Kinaesthetics Schulung die körperliche Belastung von Pflegekräften? (Retrieved 12. Juli 2012)
- Maietta, L.: Ein Gesundheits-Entwicklungsprogramm mit dem Ziel gesunde, produktive und innovative Mitarbeiter auszubilden. (Retrieved 22. November 2011)
- Maietta, L.; Resch-Kroell, U. (2009): MH-Kinaesthetics fördert Gesundheit der Mitarbeiter. In: Die Schwester Der Pfleger 48. Jg., Heft 4. (Retrieved 12. Juli 2012)
- Selection of online-articles of the Kinaesthetics-periodical Lebensqualität. Fachzeitschrift für Kinaesthetics und Lebensqualität. (Retrieved 24. August 2012)
- Mora, A.: MH Kinaesthetics in der Geburtsarbeit. In: Deutscher Hebammenverband: Geburtsarbeit. Hebammenwissen zur Unterstützung der physiologischen Geburt. Stuttgart: Hippokrates Verlag 2010, S. 138-154. ISBN 978-3-8304-5399-4 (Zugriff: 23. September 2012)
- Proske, U.; Gandevia, S. C.: The kinaesthetic senses. Topical Review. Journal of Physiology 587.17 (2009) pp. 4139-4146 (Zugriff: 18. September 2012)
- Rosker, J.; Sarabon, N. (2010): Kinaesthesia and Methods for its Assessment. Literature Review. In: Sport Science Review. Band XIX, Heft 5-6, Seiten 165–208 (Zugriff: 30. Jänner 2013)
- Schlegel, R.: Kinaesthetics in der Palliative Care. In: palliative-ch. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Palliative Medizin, Pflege und Begleitung. Nr. 3/2011 S. 9-13. (Zugriff: 23. Jänner 2013)
- Videos / Fernsehbeiträge / DVDs über die Kinästhetik (organized by topic) (Zugriff: 4. September 2012)
- Yamamoto, N. et al.: The comparison of EMG activities between Kinaesthetics and normal methods during patient-handling tasks in health care workers. Journal of Biomechanics 40; p. 655 (2007) (Zugriff: 17. September 2012)