M.Tech. / Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Chiropractic adjustments to Muscle Energy Technique (MET) with regards to pain, disability and range of motion in the cervical spine. Method: Thirty participants, male or female between the ages of 18 and 55 years, diagnosed with cervical facet syndrome were used in the study. The thirty participants were randomly divided into two groups consisting of fifteen individuals each, ensuring equal male to female and age ratios. Group A received Chiropractic adjustment/s over the restricted joint/s to the cervical spine. Group B received MET to the cervical spine.The trial consisted of seven visits over a treatment period of three weeks, of which the first six visits the participants received treatment and the seventh visit served the purpose of obtaining the final data. The data was gathered on the first, fourth and seventh visits. The data was always gathered before the treatment was performed. Objective data consisted of measuring cervical spine range of motion with a CROM instrument. Subjective data was obtained by using the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and the Vernon-Mior Neck Pain and Disability Index. Results: The results indicated that Group A (Chiropractic adjustments) proved to be the most effective treatment protocol. Although the other treatment protocol, Group B (Muscle Energy Technique), also showed good results. Both subjective and objective results showed that although Group B produced statistically significant results, Group A showed the best results overall. Thus it was noted that in order to achieve a potentially lasting increase in range of motion and a decrease in pain and disability, the treatment protocol used for Group A should be the treatment of choice. Conclusion: It was concluded, based on the results, that Chiropractic adjustments was more effective than MET in the treatment of cervical facet syndrome. This conclusion is based on the results that Chiropractic adjustments was more effective in all the objective and all the subjective measurements. However, this does not rule out MET as a treatment for neck pain, because MET treatment did show improvements in cervical spine ROM and a decrease in pain, although not as efficiently as Chiropractic treatment.

Orientador: Marilia Vieira Soares / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T23:35:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Agg_Katia_M.pdf: 1870595 bytes, checksum: db9b53d50aa46a3c0b3e9ee18c4e7084 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa vem refletir sobre as possibilidades expressivas do corpo cênico no processo de construção da personagem Marabá, fundamentadas no diálogo experimental das técnicas de Contato, Técnica Energética e Improvisação. A inspiração desta pesquisa foi o poema indianista de Gonçalves Dias, Marabá, que resultou na apresentação da performance homônima, buscando retratar cenicamente o caráter experimental da junção, re-significação e reflexão das técnicas acima citadas. Em decorrência dos laboratórios experimentais e da literatura que fundamenta este estudo, estruturou-se uma linha de trabalho de composição de personagem, denominada Dança Cênica, por meio da qual acenou-se que a ruptura com o cristalizado conceito do ¿belo¿ e o 'mergulho¿ no ato, na ação e na manifestação criativa, podem significar uma ação facilitadora para a proximidade com o Corpo Sagrado na dança / Abstract: The aim of this research is to show the possibilities of expression of the scenic body in the process of the Marabá character¿s construction, based on the experimental approach of Contact, Energy Technique and Improvisation. This research was inspired by Gonçalves Dias¿ poem Marabá, which resulted in the homonymous performance. It tries to portray scenically the experimental attempt of the junction, re-definition and reflection of the techniques mentioned above. Due to the experimental laboritories and the literature on which this study is based, a line of work was carried out for the construction of the character, named ¿Scenic Dance¿. Such line of work showed that putting an end in the crystallized concept of beauty and going deeply into the act, the action and the creative manifestation can make easier the approach to the Sacred Body in the dance / Mestrado / Artes / Mestre em Artes

Orientador: Marilia Vieira Soares / Acompanha 1 DVD-ROM / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T23:14:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Salvador_GabrielaDiDonato_M.pdf: 7209946 bytes, checksum: b01da16c64aa04be3c9377484d89dfb8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo:A presente dissertação trata do processo de criação e construção do corpo cênico em dança, inspirado no mito da Deusa Kali - deusa feminina pertencente ao Hinduísmo, considerada uma das representações da natureza vital da existência do ser humano, a quem são atribuídas a destruição e a recriação do universo através de seu poder de transformação. Abordaremos a relação entre tais aspectos da deusa presentes no inconsciente coletivo e ressaltaremos o aspecto feminino figurado no arquétipo da "Grande Mãe", por ela representado. Teoricamente, apresentaremos a reflexão sobre as relações entre inconsciente, estados alterados de consciência e a preparação do corpo cênico em dança, segundo os pressupostos básicos da teoria de Carl Gustav Jung - psiquiatra suíço, fundador da psicologia analítica - e seus desdobramentos segundo Neumann - psicólogo, aluno e seguidor de Jung. Como suporte prático para a construção cênica, foi utilizada a Técnica Energética, sistematizada pela Profa. Dra. Marília Vieira Soares do Instituto de Artes da Unicamp. / Abstract: This dissertation deals with the process of creation and construction of the scenic body in dance inspired by the myth of the Kali Goddess - the female Goddess that belongs to Hinduism, considered one of the representations of the vital nature of human existence, to whom is assigned the destruction and recreation of the universe through its power of transformation. This work addresses the relationship between these aspects of the Goddess that are present in the collective unconscious, emphasizing the feminine archetype portrayed in the "Great Mother" that she represents. Theoretically, I present the reflections about the relations between unconscious, modified states of conscience and the preparation of the scenic body in dance, according to the basic assumptions of the theory of Carl Gustav Jung - swiss psychiatrist, founder of analytical psychology - and what was after developed by Neumann - psychologist, student and follower of Jung, along with the practical support the scenic construction of the Energy Technique, systematized by Prof. Dr. Marília Vieira Soares, of the Art Institute at Unicamp. / Mestrado / Mestre em Artes