Most often, your physician can make the diagnosis of a herniated disc by a thorough physical examination. By testing sensation, muscle strength, and reflexes, your physician can often establish the diagnosis of a herniated disc. An MRI is commonly used to aid in making the diagnosis of a herniated disc. It is very important that patients understand that the MRI is only useful when used in conjunction with examination findings. It is normal for an MRI of the lumbar spine to have abnormalities, especially as people age.
an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that focuses on wholeness, pattern, relationship, order, integration and organisation. Designed to move past reductionistic and mechanistic tradition of science. Also called systems theory. GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY: General systems theory looks past traditional science methods..
The Theory-Theory of Concepts. The Theory-Theory of concepts is a view of how concepts are structured, acquired, and deployed. Concepts, as they will be understood here, are mental representations that are implicated in many of our higher thought processes, including various forms of reasoning and inference, categorization, planning and decision making, and constructing and testing explanations.