Rehabilitation

This practical guide helps student and practising nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people.

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Assistive technologies for the old and people with disabilities is now a very active field of research.

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This book offers a personal insight into the experience of Alex Jelly, a professional fundraiser who developed a rare brain tumour, a papillary meningioma, which was successfully removed.

This invaluable handbook provides a basic knowledge of muscle action and co-ordination with which students of occupational therapy can applying specific techniques to specific conditions of muscle insufficiency for the restoration of function.

Human Computer Interface Technologies for the Motor Impaired examines both the technical and social aspects of human computer interface (HCI).

The process of matching a person who has a disability with the most appropriate assistive technology requires a series of assessments, typically administered by multidisciplinary teams at specialized centers for technical aid.

This timely and exciting new book brings together for the first time the readily available choices of dietary supplements and their relationship to injury rehabilitation.

Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence reveals why disability is a cultural experience, rather than merely a medical status.

In this shortform book, Sun, French, and Unnithan explore state- of- the- art optical recording techniques, with a focus on the revolutionary miniaturized fluorescence microscope - the miniscope - for real- time and in vivo monitoring of multi- neuronal dynamics during cognition- related events.

The gold standard in many EMG labs, this resource is a practical working reference for performing a wide variety of common nerve conduction studies.

The Infant Motor Profile is a practical manual on a new, evidence-based method to assess infant motor behaviour.

The single-best guide to learning how to perform the diagnostic neurologic examination - enhanced by more than 80 online videosPresented in full color, DeMyer s provides neurologists and psychiatrists in training with a proven, didactic way to learn the complicated technique of using the physical examination to diagnose neurologic illness.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Oral Board Review is the first publication devoted to preparing for the ABPMR Part II certification examination.

Complete Guide to Respiratory Care in Athletes introduces the respiratory system and its function during exercise.

Collaborative Practice with Vulnerable Children and Their Families focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by professionals who work across disciplines to meet the needs of parents and children experiencing complex difficulties.

Jim Johnson has researched hundreds of scientific journal articles to find and test the simplest most effective do-it-yourself treatments for knee pain.

This book is the first attempt at bringing together a volume of work from a range of professionals with an interest in spasticity.

This is a fully-updated, comprehensive guide for trainees preparing for the MRCPsych CASC exam (Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies).

Clinical Exercise Science is an introduction to core principles and best practice in exercise science for students and practitioners working with clinical populations.

Revised second edition of the singular review book devoted to helping candidates prepare for and succeed on the ABPMR Part II certification examination.

The process of matching a person who has a disability with the most appropriate assistive technology requires a series of assessments, typically administered by multidisciplinary teams at specialized centers for technical aid.

Despite the apparently distinct differences between the disciplines of ergonomics and rehabilitation, they deal with the same issues, although at different ends of the spectrum.

This volume informs physical therapists, occupational therapists, and rehabilitation technologists about the devices that are available today and provides important background information on these devices.

A newly revised, comprehensive reference for those interested in cognitive neurorehabilitation.

This edited book focuses on the role and use of VR for healthcare professions in both health and rehabilitation settings.

Pocketpedia is the essential quick reference for medical students, residents, and attending physicians in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Delivers an integrated approach to neuropsychological rehabilitation, describing the holistic programme devised and adopted at the world famous Oliver Zangwill Centre.

Learn to harness the process of recovery from mental illness for use in the transformative healing of your OT clients!

Volume 2 of the Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation stands alone as a clinical handbook for neurorehabilitation.

The single-best guide to learning how to perform the diagnostic neurologic examination - enhanced by more than 80 online videosPresented in full color, DeMyer s provides neurologists and psychiatrists in training with a proven, didactic way to learn the complicated technique of using the physical examination to diagnose neurologic illness.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pocket Companion is designed to meet the day-to-day needs of PM&R residents, practicing physiatrists, and physicians in other specialties seeing rehabilitation patients.

As the global population ages the impact of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are significant forces in shaping human health and quality of life in the 21st century.

The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy is a comprehensive guide to the theories that horticultural therapists use as a foundation for their practice and provides wide-ranging illustrative models of programming.

The opening chapter Coping with Chronic Illness takes into account the impact of the diagnosis on the family, both at the time of the communication of the diagnosis, and in the moment of chronicity, the relationships and of the social context, the coping strategies and the representation of the disease.

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It is now widely accepted that there are important links between inactivity and lifestyle-related chronic diseases, and that exercise can bring tangible therapeutic benefits to people with long-term chronic conditions.

A Doody's Core Title 2012The only book dedicated to the PM&R Boards, widely used by residents, updated throughout, and with over 500 illustrations, the second edition of the bestselling Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review is a must have for residents preparing for the ABPMR board exams, for practicing physiatrists preparing for recertification, and for PM&R instructors helping physicians to prepare for the boards.

As an Emergency Medicine consultant in one of the busiest departments in the UK, Dr Jonny Acheson loved his job.

The definitive core text in its field, Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation is a comprehensive reference covering all aspects of stroke rehabilitation o from neurophysiology of stroke through the latest treatments and interventions for functional recovery and restoration of mobility.

'A book that'll change your perspective on life.

High quality instruction in an authentic clinical environment is a must for all healthcare programs.

Addressing the critical issues in community re-entry in a very practical manner, this book is suitable for all members of a community re-entry or brain-injury rehabilitation team.

Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications is essential reading for medical and allied health practitioners who want to bring scientific insights of the importance of fascia to human health into their clinical practices.

The Psychology of Sports Injury: From Risk to Retirement provides a critical overview of the psychology of sports injury, covering the 5Rs of sports injury: risk, response, rehabilitation, return to sport and retirement.

Life and Suicide Following Brain Injury tells the story of Tom, a 43 year-old man who acquired a brain injury from a road traffic accident at the age of 22.

This book aims to assist women survivors of abuse in creating and directing their own vocational plans whether or not these efforts take place in state departments of rehabilitation and work and welfare programs such as the JOBS program arising out of the Family Services Act.

This text provides a comprehensive, practical, evidence-based guide to the field.

At the age of 37 Andy McCann was physically fit, strong and in good health.