Table of Contents

I. PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION ESSENTIALS -What is Physiatry? -Person-Centered Rehabilitation: Interdisciplinary --Intervention to Enhance Patient Enablement -Functional Assessment for Outcome Analysis -Research Concepts in PM&R -Nervous System Anatomy -Physiology of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems -Anatomy & Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System II. CARING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES -Communication Strategies For Rehabilitation Professionals: Disability, Etiquette, and Empowerment -Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe VisualImpairment or Blindness -Rehabilitation Strategies in the Hearing Impaired -Sexual Satisfaction Despite Disablement -Environmental Adaptations -Legislative Issues in the Field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation III. THE REHABILITATION EVALUATION -The Physiatric Consultation: Interdisciplinary Intervention and Functional Restoration -Neurologic Evaluation of the Rehabilitation Patient -Manual Muscle Testing and Range of Motion Measurement -Analysis of Gait & Kinesiology -Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient -Impairment Evaluation and Disability Rating IV. ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FUNDAMENTALS -General Principles of Electrodiagnosis -Radiculopathies -Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and/or Median Neuropathy at the Wrist -Entrapment Neuropathy -Peripheral Neuropathy -Electrophysiology of Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission -Sensory and Motor Evoked Potentials V. REHABILITATION OF ORGAN-BASED SYSTEMS -Stroke -Multiple Sclerosis -Movement Disorders -Traumatic Brain Injury -Spinal Cord Injury Medicine -Motor Neuron Disease -Frontiers and Fundamentals of Neurorehabilitation -Pulmonary Rehabilitation -Cardiac Rehabilitation -Peripheral Vascular Disease Rehabilitation VI. MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION -Neck pain -Low Back Pain -The Shoulder: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Shoulder Disorders -The Elbow: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of the Elbow -The Wrist & Hand: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Wrist & Hand Disorders -The Hip: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Hip Disorders -The Knee: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of the Knee Disorders -The Ankle and Foot: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Foot and Ankle Disorders -Management of Fractures -Rehabilitation of Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal Injury VII. REHABILITATION AFTER SYSTEMIC DISEASE AND INJURY -Rehabilitation of the Transplant Patient -Rehabilitation in Chronic Renal Failure and End-Stage Renal Disease -Cancer Rehabilitation: General Principles -Rehabilitation of the Individual with HIV and AIDS -Rehabilitative Management of Rheumatic Diseases -Burn Rehabilitation VIII. CHRONIC PAIN -Pain Management (Patil, Guarino, Staats) -Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia (Fisher, Cassius, Imamura) -Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (OYoung, Slaten) IX. REHABILITATION IN SPORTS AND THE ARTS -Sports Medicine -Rehabilitation of the Performing Artist X. REHABILITATION AND INDUSTRY -Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling -Occupational Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker XI. PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION -General Pediatric Rehabilitation -Developmental Milestones -Cerebral Palsy -Neural Tube Defects XII. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS IN REHABILITATION -Common Medical Problems on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit -Hazards of Immobilization: Preventing the Adverse Effects of Bed -Metabolic Bone Disease -Heterotopic Ossification -Pressure Ulcers -Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction: Evaluation and Adaptive Management -Urologic Disorders in Rehabilitation -Communication and Swallowing Impairments XIII. GENERAL THERAPEUTICS -Therapeutic Exercise -Nutrition and Dietary Issues in Rehabilitation -Pharmacological Agents in Rehabilitation Medicine Assistive Technology -Community Reintegration XIV. PHYSICAL MODALITIES -The Physical Agents -Electrotherapy -Traction, Manipulation, and Massage XV. INTERVENTIONAL PHYSIATRY -Epidural Blocks, Facet Injections and Spinal Therapeutics -Local Injections for Muscle Spasticity (Nerve Blocks) -Acupuncture -Injections of Peripheral Joints, Bursae, and Tendon Sheaths XVI. ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS, AND WHEELCHAIRS -Amputation Rehabilitation -Upper -Limb Orthoses -Upper Limb Prostheses -Lower-Limb Orthoses -Lower Limb Prosthetics and Gait Deviations -Spinal Orthoses -Manual Wheelchairs -Epilogue

About the Author

Steven A. Stiens, MD, Associate Professor, Director of Spinal Cord Medicine Clinical Fellowship, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Attending Physician, Spinal Cord Injury Unit, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University Hospital Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington Mark A. Young, MD, MBA, FACP, Chair, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, The Maryland Rehabilitation Center/The Workforce & Technology Center, State of Maryland, Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Education
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York MD, Medical Director, Department of International Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Attending Physician, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York

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Pediatric Rehabilitation, July 2005