Main description:

Comprehensive and concise review of the essential facts needed to do a successful clinical rotation in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Writing to be quickly read and comprehended, the authors spell out the implications of brain injury, the effects of spinal cord injury, the uses of orthotics and prosthetics, and the crucial importance of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation to maximize functional independence. Additional chapters detail the principles of pediatric, neuromuscular, cancer, and orthopedic rehabilitation, and demonstrate the use of electrodiagnostic techniques that can be used to help localize a lesion of the neuromuscular system and determine its severity, time course, and prognosis. The book also provides a handy review for passing PM&R board exams.

Contents:

Traumatic Brain Injury
Ramnik Singh and Michael W. O'Dell

Stroke
Brenda S. Mallory

Spinal Cord Injury
Monifa Brooks and Steven Kirshblum

Prosthetics and Orthotics
Heikki Uustal

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Mathew N. Bartels

Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Mathew N. Bartels

Pediatric Rehabilitation
Jilda N. Vargus-Adams

Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
Nancy E. Strauss, Shikha Sethi, and Stanley J. Myers

Cancer Rehabilitation
Michael D. Stubblefield and Christian M. Custodio

Orthopedic Rehabilitation
C. David Lin

Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Grant Cooper, Yusuf Tatli, and Gregory E. Lutz

Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Joseph Feinberg, Jennifer Solomon, Christian M. Custodio, and Michael D. Stubblefield

Index