Burn Rehabilitation Secondary to external agents (heat, cold, chemicals, electricity, and radiation) #1 cause of accidental deaths in children under 2 years1 Leads to hypermetabolic state DEPTH/DEGREE Superficial thickness (first…
Pulmonary Rehabilitation PR is a multidisciplinary program that provides persons with the ability to adapt to chronic lung disease.1 Rehabilitation for patients with chronic lung conditions is well established and…
Cardiac Rehabilitation INTRODUCTION Under the broadened scope of the recent AHRQ guidelines, CR may include exercise programs, education and risk factor modification for secondary prevention, and psychosocial counseling.1 CR is…
Concussion The term mild traumatic brain injury has generally been used synonymously with the word “concussion”; however, at the Third International Conference on Concussion in Sport, held in Zurich in…
Modalities ESSENTIAL POINTS OF PRESCRIPTION OF MODALITIES Diagnosis Impairments/disabilities Precautions Modality Area to be treated Intensity/settings/temperature range Frequency of treatment Duration of treatment Goals/objectives of treatment Date of reevaluation SELECTED…
Therapeutic Exercise MUSCLE FIBER CHARACTERISTICS Type I muscle fibers are “slow-twitch,” highly fatigue-resistant, grossly dark fibers (“dark meat”) that appear light on myosin ATPase (at pH 9.4) or PAS staining….
Osteoporosis OP is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass, caused by an imbalance between bone resorption and bone formation, and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a…
Amputation/Prosthetics EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, AND LEVELS OF AMPUTATION In the United States, an estimated 185,000 people undergo an amputation of an upper or lower limb each year. It is estimated that…
Pain Medicine KEY DEFINITIONS Pain An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. Pain is always subjective. Many…
Rheumatology OSTEOARTHRITIS OA, the most prevalent form of arthritis in the United States, is caused by a disruption of the normal process of degradation and synthesis of articular cartilage and…
