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Structure and function of human organ systems may be analysed by systematic provocation. In two examples (the first model based sensu strictu, the second without an explicite model as background) we demonstrate how this strategy may be applied to identify pathologies of the human body stem, especially the lumbar and the cervical spine.
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Witte, H., Andrada, E., Kikova, T., Heinze, M., Ament, C. (2009). Diagnostics of Human Body Stem Motor Functions by Systematic Provocation Method. In: Vander Sloten, J., Verdonck, P., Nyssen, M., Haueisen, J. (eds) 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_513
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