Living AnatoME: Teaching and learning musculoskeletal anatomy through yoga and Pilates

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 279-286

  McCulloch, Carrie ^a,b   Marango, Stephanie Pieczenik ^a   Friedman, Erica S ^a   Laitman, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kinected   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Gross anatomy; Human anatomy; Musculoskeletal anatomy; Pilates; Students well being; Teaching of anatomy; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

ANATOMY; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; YOGA;

EID: 78649562421     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.181     Document Type: Article

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