John R. Paul and the Definition of Preventive Medicine

Effects of Motor Control Training on the Concept of Kinetic Control in Treating Patella Ligament Tendinopathy in a Female Football Player: A Case Study

Objectives: Patellar ligament tendinopathy, also known as jumper’s knee, is a group of pain symptoms of the anterior side of the knee joint. The Kinetic Control (KC) concept uses the movement control rating system, based on motor tests and exercises aimed at re-educating motor control. The present study explored the effects of motor control training on the KC concept in treating patella ligamen...

Clinical epidemiology. what, who, and whither.

Clinical epidemiology, the what, was introduced by John Paul in 1938, as a new basic science for preventive medicine. Its definition subsequently took on a more bedside tone, but continues to be adapted to the needs of its practitioners. Clinical epidemiology, the who, centers on Alvan Feinstein and the way that he led the field and nurtured so many of its practitioners. Clinical epidemiology, ...

Preventive Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine *

The newly formed Section of Preventive Medicine, which has recently come into being as a division of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, has been established on the principle that preventive medicine is part of clinical medicine. This calls for a broad use of the term clinical medicine. It implies that clinical medicine means more than the practice of ...

* Corresponding Author Email Address: [email protected] International Journal of Railway Research The Safety Level of Railway Infrastructure and Its Correlation with the Cost of Preventive and Mitigation Measures A-M. Ioannidou 1 , C. Pyrgidis 2,* 1 Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT)-CERTH, Greece 2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece A B S ...

Epidemiology and its Teaching in Medical Schools

Few textbook descriptions of any common or important infectious disease would be considered adequate today if a section on its epidemiology were not included, and this statement can now include a number of noninfectious diseases. Thus, whether or not we wish to regard the subject of epidemiology as a basic medical science, it has come to occupy an essential position today in modern medicine. Th...