Textbook of Rehablitation

Part I: General Principles of Rehabilitation
1. Introduction to Rehabilitation Medicine ................................................. 3
2. Delivery of Rehabilitation Care: The Team .......................................... 16
3. Therapeutic Exercises and Other Alternative Techniques in
Treatment ................................................................................................... 33
4. Sociolegal Aspects of Rehabilitation ...................................................... 72
5. Principles in Management of Communication Impairment .............. 83
6. Behavioral and Learning Problems in the Disabled ......................... 104
7. Orthotics .................................................................................................... 122
8. Amputation and Prosthetics .................................................................. 155
9. Mobility Aids ............................................................................................ 200
10. Architectural Barriers ............................................................................. 218
11. Activities of Daily Living ........................................................................ 232
12. Vocational Rehabilitation....................................................................... 245
13. Physical Agents Used in the Management of
Pain and Paralysis ................................................................................... 261
Part II: Applied Rehabilitative Conditions
14. Congenital Malformations ..................................................................... 299
15. Rehabilitation of Cerebral Palsy ........................................................... 315
16. Rehabilitation of Poliomyelitis .............................................................. 330
17. Rehabilitation of Brain Injury ............................................................... 339
18. Stroke Rehabilitation .............................................................................. 351
19. Peripheral Nerve Injuries ...................................................................... 362
20. Common Deformities and the Role of
Surgery in Rehabilitation ....................................................................... 377
21. Rehabilitation of Muscular Dystrophy ................................................ 393
22. Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury .................................................... 402
23. Sports Rehabilitation and Exercises for Positive Health................... 429
24. Other Neurological Conditions ............................................................. 449
25. Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation ............................................... 458
26. Vascular and Hematological Conditions ............................................. 472
27. Rehabilitation of Burns .......................................................................... 479
28. Rehabilitation of Arthritis ...................................................................... 488
29. Rehabilitation of Fractures ..................................................................... 503
30. Common Pain Syndromes ..................................................................... 514
Bibliography ............................................................................................... 527
Index ........................................................................................................... 529