Basic Clinical Rehabilitation MedicineMehrsheed Sinaki Basic Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine is a concise textbook covering essential areas of rehabilitation medicine. Each chapter is written in a condensed, straightforward fashion to provide the reader with a synopsis of information essential for clinical practice and with a brief review of the literature in several areas of rehabilitation without extraneous reading. The objective of each chapter, and the overall objective of the book, is to provide the reader with pertinent information to facilitate decision making in the rehabilitative management of patients. A broad area of rehabilitation issues, from history taking, muscle testing, muscle innervation, pediatric rehabilitation, wheelchair prescription, metabolic bone disease, motor neuron disease, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, neck and back pain syndromes, radiculopathies, stroke, cardiac rehabilitation, occupational rehabilitation medicine to impairment evaluation, is covered. This book is a quick reference for medical students, residents, practitioners, surgeons, and all individuals involved in direct patient care. |
Contents
EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT | 7 |
3 Examination of Joints | 17 |
4 Muscle Strength and Manual Muscle Testing | 53 |
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