Rehabilitation of the Burn Patient
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen ANNUALLY, AN ESTIMATED 11 MILLION INDIVIDUALS worldwide and 400,000 in the United States experience a burn injury.1 In the past decade, the mortality rate in the…
Management of the Rehabilitation Patient with Psychiatric Disorders
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS ACCOMPANY and may exacerbate many chronic diseases, and thus, almost every practitioner will at some point encounter patients with psychiatric comorbidities. This…
Rehabilitation of the Organ Transplant Patient
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IS ONE OF THE MOST complex surgical procedures in modern medicine. In 1954, Dr. Joseph Murray and Dr. David Hume of Brigham Hospital in…
Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction: Myasthenia Gravis
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Disorders affecting the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) are generally pure motor syndromes that usually affect the extraocular muscles but also the proximal limb and bulbar or respiratory…
Geriatric Rehabilitation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The world is facing an unprecedented demographic shift in the human population. The number of people aged 65 or older is projected to increase from 524…
General Topics in End-of-Life Rehabilitation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen At first glance, the fields of rehabilitation medicine and palliative medicine might seem to be diametrically opposed, but, in fact, they have much in common. Both…
Rehabilitation of Root and Plexus Lesions
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In this chapter, we will address the relevant anatomy, pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic testing, specific disorders, rehabilitative management, and prognosis related to radiculopathy and plexopathy….
Occupational Therapy
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Occupational therapy practitioners prevent illness, remediate disability, and restore health by enabling participation in meaningful occupations. During World War I, the first occupational therapists, called “reconstruction…
General Concepts in Electrodiagnosis
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Electrodiagnostic (edx) testing provides information about the peripheral nervous system and is an extension of the physical examination. Although most commonly comprised of nerve conduction studies…
Management of the Palliative Care Patient
DEFINITION OF PALLIATIVE CARE Print Section Listen The model of palliative care was initially conceived of and developed in response to the needs of the cancer patient. Over time, the…
