Title : Nursing outcomes of kinaesthetik/kinaesthetics
Abstract:
Kinaesthetik (German), Kinaesthetics (English) is a word of Greek origin which means sense and movement. Kinaesthetics is applied mainly human interaction and movement support using human natural movement basically. Recently it is applied more various fields included in personal training and organization development. Kinaesthetics is developing year and year. Kinaesthetics has 6 concepts of interaction, human movement, function and anatomy, power, human function, and environment. Kinaesthetics which has developed mainly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is very popular in European countries. In Russia, Kinaesthetics is getting to be used recently. It is also getting a well - known concept in Japan after 2000. Such wave is getting to spread in the world. Non-profit organization named European Kinaesthetics Association is the great major group in the world. Some study reported that nursing based on Kinaesthetics concept is effective in pain for various cases having acute and chronic disease included in cancer etc. Kinaesthetics is reported that it is applied in various health cases in any age population. However, it has not been made clear by investigations under actual large scale clinical conditions. Study of Kinaesthetics using various research methods in Japan, German and Austria since 2004 was done. What is Kinaesthetics? What kind of outcomes does Kinaesthetics have? This presentation aims to overview the effectiveness of Kinaesthetics concept in promoting health of both patients and nurses in clinical care setting. Epidemiologically, it is clear that Kinaesthetics is effectiveness for painless for both caregiver and caretaker. This presentation show several study results about Quality of Life and movement sense and other results in clinical research. Moreover, the presentation show characteristics using Kinaesthetics skills by VICON motion capture system and suggest that the level of movement skills by nurses can be measures by scale developed in Finland. Kinaesthetics is on nursing school books in several countries. You may meet it on your nursing school book in future.
Takeaway Notes:
Kinaesthetics history in the world: Kinaesthetics concept and skills; Kinaesthetics application in clinical settings; Kinaesthetics application in clinical settings; Kinaesthetics evidences in several studies Kinaesthetics is new concept and skills in nursing school book and clinical settings. International research group did many studies in this field using epidemiology and biomechanics studies. The audience will learn what Kinaesthetics is and its outcomes. The audience will learn how to do research about concept and how to measure outcomes of nursing education in clinical settings. This is very international new study.
