NOUN
- massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis
How To Use tapotement In A Sentence
- Tapotement along the muscle produces a series of similar local contractions although there is no apparent movement.
- It is also called cupping, clapping, or tapotement. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- In doing tapotement, the hands must not be raised more than an inch from the patient's body.
- There are five basic terms describing different massage maneuvers: vibration, tapotement, petrisage, effleurage and friction (small range intensive stroking).
- There are five basic terms describing different massage maneuvers, vibration, tapotement, petrissage, effleurage and friction (small range intensive stroking).
- Five basic strokes, effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, and vibration, all flowing toward the heart, are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body.
- To apply tapotement, use the knife-edge side of the hand and keep the wrist loose.
