Rehabilitation

This book informs readers about how leading researchers are rethinking rehabilitation research and practice.

Film directors recognize that neurologic disease impacts mind and motility and often use it in a plot or defining scene.

Rehabilitation is dedicated to helping people not only survive, but also thrive.

Functional training develops the attributes and abilities required to perform tasks, skills and activities useful and relevant to daily life.

Functional training develops the attributes and abilities required to perform tasks, skills and activities useful and relevant to daily life.

A survey of the main behavioural characteristics or symptoms of aphasia, which presents a series of essays on the history and current developments in this field of neuropsychological research.

The Lefaivre Rainbow Effect is a groundbreaking treatment for those suffering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Geriatric Rehabilitation addresses the fact that this is an age in which individuals have increasing longevity, better health care, education and expectations of health care which present new, increasing and even radical challenges to health care providers.

Most people think that suffering through each day with neck, back, and other joint pain is just a fact of life.

Susan and her husband, Jean-Pierre, leave their house on a foggy Friday afternoon to see a movie.

If theres one thing author Paul Sybert knows well, its the act of living life in the face of adversity.

This insightful book addresses recovery as a comprehensive concept for prevention of health-threats in modern societies through active lifestyles.

'Whenever I see Martino I am reminded of how little I know about life and death compared to him.

An exhilarating journey into the unfathomable depths of the human mind, from the acclaimed author of Let Me Not Be Mad.

An Ounce of Hope is the third title in the A Pound of Flesh series from fan-fiction superstar Sophie Jackson.

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Your brain is shrinking.

Imagine going to bed one night and all beingok, then waking up the next day and within an hour, find your life has changed.

The development and application of assistive technology can help those with reduced abilities improve their quality of life and reduce their dependence on others.

Chinese Auricular Acupuncture provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise, and user-friendly manual on ear acupuncture.

With the contribution from more than one hundred CNS neurotrauma experts, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account on the latest developments in the area of neurotrauma including biomarker studies, experimental models, diagnostic methods, and neurotherapeutic intervention strategies in brain injury research.

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

Incorporating Compass Computer Access Assessment software, Computer Access for People with Disabilities: A Human Factors Approach provides the information clinicians need to know in order to provide effective alternative computer access solutions to individuals with disabilities.

This book provides to manufacturers, designers and evaluation professionals the necessary tools for balancing design and the assessment phases during the product lifecycle.

A collaboration between leading scientists, practitioners, and researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, this book is a comprehensive resource describing Quality of Life technologies and their development, evaluation, adoption, and commercialization.

Evidenced-based texts are taking on a greater role in the education of healthcare providers.

This volume on AIDS & Pregnancy covers prenatal assistance, antenatal care and screening, treatment for low lymphocyte count, antiretroviral regimes for prevention of transmission to child, adverse effects of antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy, awareness of HIV on pregnancy, occupational hazards and so on.

Healthcare professionals have become more educated in recent years.

Practice and Procedures are continually changing with a corresponding improvement in healthcare.

Brain plasticity is the focus of a growing body of research with significant implications for neurorehabilitation.

Sohlberg and Mateers landmark introductory text helped put cognitive rehabilitation on the map for a generation of clinicians, researchers, educators, and students.

Grounded in a holistic approach, this state-of-the-art workbook provides tools and resources for supporting clients with nonprogressive brain injury.

Stress is the leading cause of neck painand popping a pill is not the answer.

Each type of headache has specific causes.

PSYCHOLOGYInterACT Treatment Manual & Participant Workbookfor Addictive Disorders based on the self-help theory of Jim Maclaine.

Exploring the Psychology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders is written for those seeking an advanced examination of these oftentimes devastating disorders.

For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see how the victims changed afterwards.

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her as slow, stubborn - or worse.

How to Support the Neuropsychological Health of the Vietnamese Diaspora is the first book in a new series entitled A Clinical Guide to the Neuropsychological Health of Immigrant Populations, which guides clinicians in the art and science of providing culturally competent services to specific communities.

The goal is ninety: just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything.

Authored by members of the British Bobath Tutors Association, Bobath Concept: Theory and Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitationis a practical illustrated guide that offers a detailed exploration of the theoretical underpinning and clinical interventions of the Bobath Concept.

Rehabilitation in Cancer Care is an essential clinical resource for all Allied Health Professionals working within or entering this specialist area.

The psychological effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) provide a major challenge to rehabilitation services.

The rapid advances in technology have revolutionized healthcare and assisted living, and given rise to Ambient Assisted Living (AAL).

In this ground-breaking collection, leading experts in the field address the problems of parents, intervenors, and professionals who work with people who have been deafblind since birth or from a very early age.

An injury to the brain can affect every aspect of a person's daily life, including physical abilities and psychological make-up, relationships and family roles, school and employment, recreation and leisure.

Assistive technology has made it feasible for individuals with a wide range of impairments to engage in many activities, such as education and employment, in ways not previously possible.

Written to provide clinicians, educators, researchers, and students in rehabilitation with a comprehensive overview of the theory, practice, and evidence base of goal setting, this first-of-its-kind reference provides an authoritative, state-of-the-art knowledge of the practice.

Addresses an Emerging Shift in Developing CountriesThe authors and contributors of Ambient Assisted Living have recognized that the demographic profile is changing in many developing countries and have factored in an inversion of the demographic pyramid.

Providing all of the necessary information required to provide post-acute vision rehabilitative care following brain injury, this multidisciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice and presents clinical information and scientific literature supporting the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies applied.