Spasticity Management
Chapter 30 Spasticity Management Patricia W. Nance, Lalith Satkunam, Karen Ethans Spasticity is a common sequela to an insult to the upper motor neuron (UMN) in the central nervous system….
Stroke Syndromes
Chapter 50 Stroke Syndromes Richard L. Harvey, Elliot J. Roth, David T. Yu, Pablo Celnik Providing rehabilitation care for patients with stroke is at once a compelling and complicated endeavor….
Employment of Persons with Disabilities
Chapter 35 Employment Of Persons With Disabilities Heidi Klingbeil, Kevin Sperber Disability is a significant public health and social issue in the United States. The number of Americans who experience…
Integrative Medicine in Rehabilitation
Chapter 22 Integrative Medicine in Rehabilitation Ralph E. Gay, Brent A. Bauer, Robert K. Yang Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems,…
International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chapter 61 International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation John L. Melvin, Marta Imamura, Jose Jimenez The specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) has grown steadily since the recognition of the…
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Chapter 59 Geriatric Rehabilitation Rina M. Bloch Geriatric rehabilitation focuses on aging individuals. The elderly are not a homogenous group. There are differences within age-groups, such as between 65- and…
Degenerative Movement Disorders of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 51 Degenerative Movement Disorders of the Central Nervous System Jeanne Doherty, Guy Fried, Michael Saulino Movement disorders are clinical manifestations of the loss of modulatory influence by the extrapyramidal…
Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Chapter 3 Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders Delaina Walker-Batson, Jan Avent A complex array of communication disorders co-occur with the various physical and sensory deficits after many neurologic disorders seen by…
Impairment Rating and Disability Determination
Chapter 6 Impairment Rating and Disability Determination Richard E. Seroussi, James P. Robinson This chapter includes a brief introduction to the latest (sixth) edition to the American Medical Association (AMA)…
Quality and Outcome Measures for Medical Rehabilitation
Chapter 8 Quality and Outcome Measures for Medical Rehabilitation Karen L. Andrews, Heather S. Ohl, Mary F. Kessler, Dexanne B. Clohan Quality health care can be defined as providing the…
