Martha Freeman Somers, MS, PT, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
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Spinal Cord Injury: Functional Rehabilitation was written to provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The reader will gain a broad knowledge base relevant to spinal cord injuries and will develop an understanding of both the physical skills required for functional activities and the therapeutic strategies for achieving these skills. As importantly, the reader will gain an appreciation for the importance of psychosocial adaptation after spinal cord injury and will develop some insight into the impact that rehabilitation professionals can have in this area.
This edition of Spinal Cord Injury: Functional Rehabilitation uses the ICF as a conceptual framework for understanding both the impact of spinal cord injury and the role of rehabilitation.
Information on neuroplasticity and therapeutic approaches to restoration of locomotor function through body weight-supported treadmill training (therapist-assisted and robotic-assisted), and addresses questions related to compensation vs. restoration.
Expanded content coverage on the following topics:
New organization of Chapters 9 through 12, which contain detailed descriptions of functional skills and strategies for functional training. The descriptions of skills and training are now more closely linked within the chapters; each skill is followed directly by strategies for developing that skill.
>Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2
SPINAL CORD INJURies
Chapter 3
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
Chapter 4
PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES
Chapter 5
SKIN CARE
Chapter 6
RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT
Chapter 7
PHYSICAL THERAPY examination, EVALUATION AND GOAL-SETTING
Chapter 8
STRATEGIES FOR FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION
Chapter 9
FUNCTIONAL MAT SKILLS
Chapter 10
TRANSFER SKILLS
Chapter 11
WHEELCHAIRS AND WHEELCHAIR SKILLS
Chapter 12
AMBULATION
Chapter 13
SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL FUNCTIONING
CHAPTER 14
BLADDER AND BOWEL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15
ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATIONS
APPENDIX
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