Research, Articles and Reviews Related to Rolfing

Cottingham J. Shifts in pelvic inclination angle and parasympathetic tone produced by Rolfing soft tissue manipulation. Physical Therapy  68:1364-1370, 1988.

Cottingham J, Porges SW, Lyon T. Effects of soft tissue mobilization (Rolfing pelvic lift) on parasympathetic tone in two age groups. Physical Therapy 68:352-356, 1988.

Cottingham JT. Effects of soft tissue mobilization on pelvic inclination angle, lumbar lordosis, and parasympathetic tone: Implications for treatment of disabilities associated with lumbar degenerative joint disease. Public testimony presentation to the National Center of Medical Rehabilitation Research of the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD; March 19, 1992. Rolf Lines 20(2):42-45, 1992.

Cottingham J, Maitland J. A three-paradigm treatment model using soft tissue mobilization and guided movement-awareness techniques for patients with chronic low back pain: A case study The Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy  26(3):155-167, Sept 1997.

Deutsch JE, Judd P, Demassi I.  Structural Integration applied to patients with a primary neurologic diagnosis: two case studies.  Neurology Report 21(5):161-62. 1997.

Deutsch JE, Derr LL, Judd P, et al. Treatment of chronic pain through the use of Structural Integration (Rolfing).  Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Clinics of North America  9(3):411-425, 2000.

Indley TW, Quigley K, Maney M, Chaudhry H, Agbaje I. Improvement in balance with Structural Integration (Rolfing): A controlled case series in persons with myofascial pain. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, October 9, 2004, Phoenix Arizona. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  85(9):e34, Sep 2004.

Myers T. Structural Integration - developments in Ida Rolf's 'recipe' - I. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies  8:131-42. 2004.

Myers T. Structural Integration - developments in Ida Rolf's 'recipe' - part II. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies  8:189-98. 2004

Myers T. Structural Integration - developments in Ida Rolf's 'recipe' - part III. An alternative form. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies  8:249-64. 2004

Oschman JL. Structural Integration (Rolfing), osteopathic, chiropractric, Feldenkrais, Alexander, myofascial realease, and related methods. In Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis. JL Oshman (ed). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston.  2000.

Rolf IP. Structural Integration. Journal of the Institute of Comparative Study of History Philosophical Sciences  1(1):3-19, 1963.

Rolf IP. Structural Integration. A contribution to the understanding of stress.  Confinia Psychiatrica  16(2):69-79, 1973.

Schleip R. Fascial plasticity – a new neurobiological explanation: Part 1. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies  7(1):11-19, 2003.

Schleip R. Fascial plasticity – a new neurobiological explanation: Part 2. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies  7(2):104-116, 2003.

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