INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A comprehensive sports medicine program should incorporate sports pre-participation screening and injury prevention. Physical activity promotion, athletic pre-participation examination, and exercise prescription are other essential aspects…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen AS THE NAME INFERS, COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN syndrome (CRPS) is a multifarious, painful condition that most commonly affects an extremity following a noxious event. Management of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen IN LIGHT OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, THE MEDICAL community is paying increased attention to pain. The annual volume of publications found under a PubMed search for…
WHAT IS A TEAM PHYSICIAN? Print Section Listen The global demand for sports medicine physicians has grown concomitantly with the increase in athletic sporting events. The focus of medical care…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and worldwide, with an annual incidence of…
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Spinal cord injury (SCI), or traumatic myelopathy, was first described around 2500 BC by ancient Egyptians, as written in the ancient Egyptian medical text the Edwin…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Neurologic illness accounts for significant, morbidity, mortality, and cost. This chapter provides an overview of three significant diseases commonly encountered by physiatrists: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, and…
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Stroke rehabilitation is simultaneously a complex, challenging, and gratifying experience, which is often both physically demanding and emotionally charged. As stroke is often the most common…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The purpose of this chapter is to review current epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and classify the different types of TBI according to underlying pathology….
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In most high-resource countries, the three most common etiologies of non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI) include SCI caused by tumors, degenerative conditions of the spine, and…
