Bookeditor-in-chief, Walter R. Frontera ; editor emeritus, Joel A. DeLisa ; editors,
... Show More Jeffrey R. Basford, William L. Bockenek, John Chae, Lawrence R. Robinson ; associate editors, Michael Boninger, Joanne Borg-Stein, Gregory T. Carter, Leighton Chan, Gerard E. Francisco, Helen Hoenig, Alan M. Jette, Heidi Prather.
Contents:
Clinical evaluation
Assessment of human muscle function
Electrodiagnostic evaluation of the peripheral nervous system
Human walking
Imaging techniques
Diagnostic ultrasound
Functional evaluation and management of self-care and other activities of daily living
Disability determination in relation to work
The international classification of functioning, disability, and health
Systematically assessing and improving the quality of pysical medicine and rehabilitation
Epidemiology of disability in the United States and internationally: implications for policy and practice
Psychological aspects of rehabilitation
Speech, language, swallowing, and auditory rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation, independent living, and consumerism
Important to measure aspects of participation and environmental factors in medical rehabilitation
Ethical issues in rehabilitation medicine
International aspects of the practice of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Stroke rehabilitation
Traumatic brain injury
Multiple sclerosis
Comprehensive rehabilitation of Parkinson disease and movement disorders
Rehabilitation of spinal cord injury
Motor neuron disease
Peripheral neuropathy
Myopathy
Disorders of the cervical spine
Rehabilitation of lumbar spine disorders: an evidence-based clinical practice approach
Idiopathic scoliosis
Disorders of the upper limbs
Disorders of the lower limbs
The prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of osteoporosis
Rheumatic diseases
Cardiac rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of the patient with respiratory dysfunction
Burns
Rehabilitation for patients with cancer diagnoses
Amputations and vascular diseases
Physical inactivity: physiologic impairments and related clinical conditions
Chronic pain
Spasticity
Sports medicine
Paralympic sports
Physical activity for people with disabilities
Performing arts medicine
Rehabilitation of children with disabilities and adults with childhood-onset disabling conditions
Health for women with disabilities
Geriatric rehabilitation
The role of PM&R in disaster relief
Exercise
Acquatic rehabilitation
The physical agents
Pharmacotherapy of disability
Joint and spinal injection procedures
Electrical stimulation (therapeutic and functional)
Assistive technology
Upper and lower limb prosthetics
Orthotics for the lower and upper limb and spine
Wheelchairs
Integrative medicine in PM&R
Evidence-based practice in rehabilitation (including clinical trials)
Neural repair and plasticity
Rehabilitation robotics.