Rehabilitation of Patients with Neuropathies
Chapter 47 Rehabilitation of Patients with Neuropathies Anita Craig, James K. Richardson Disorders of the peripheral nervous system are common but are often a challenge to diagnose. In addition, these…
Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Limb
Chapter 38 Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Limb Jonathan T. Finnoff “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” This statement is surely reflected in the upper limb….
Osteoporosis
Chapter 41 Osteoporosis Mehrsheed Sinaki Bone, to be maintained, needs to be mechanically strained—within its biomechanical competence. Mehrsheed Sinaki, MD Osteoporosis consists of a heterogeneous group of syndromes in which…
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Chapter 33 Cardiac Rehabilitation Jonathan H. Whiteson, Gisli Einarsson Definition and Goals Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an interdisciplinary team approach to patients with functional limitations secondary to heart disease (HD)….
Cancer Rehabilitation
Chapter 57 Cancer Rehabilitation Andrea L. Cheville Cancer rehabilitation addresses physical impairments related to tumor effects and cancer treatment. Most functional problems experienced by patients with cancer also occur as…
Chronic Pain
Chapter 42 Chronic Pain Steven P. Stanos, Mark D. Tyburski, R. Norman Harden There are among us those who haply please to think our business is to treat disease. And…
Cerebral Palsy
Chapter 53 Cerebral Palsy Joyce Oleszek, Loren Davidson The term cerebral palsy (CP) (originally “cerebral paresis”) was first used in 1843 by English orthopedic surgeon William Little in a series…
Prevention and Management of Chronic Wounds
Chapter 32 Prevention and Management of Chronic Wounds Richard Salcido, Chulhyun Ahn, Sam S.H. Wu, Robert J. Goldman The financial burden of chronic wound care is immense and will continue…
Manipulation, Traction, and Massage
Chapter 19 Manipulation, Traction, And Massage Jeffrey S. Brault, Robert E. Kappler, Brian E. Grogg The “laying on of hands” has been a diagnostic and therapeutic modality used since antiquity,…
Rehabilitation of Patients with Swallowing Disorders
Chapter 27 Rehabilitation of Patients with Swallowing Disorders Jeffrey B. Palmer, Cathy A. Pelletier, Koichiro Matsuo Swallowing is a complex biologic function essential to human life. Dysphagia, or impaired swallowing,…
