Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation

by O'Sullivan, Susan B.; Schmitz, Thomas J.

• ISBN13: 9780803646124
• ISBN10: 0803646127
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-02-19
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company

Summary

Achieve the best functional outcomes for your patients.

Here is a practical, step-by-step guide to understanding the treatment process and selecting the most appropriate intervention for your patient. Superbly illustrated, in-depth coverage shows you how to identify functional deficits, determine what treatments are appropriate, and then to implement them to achieve the best functional outcome for your patients.

This one-of-a-kind resource features case studies in the text accompanied by videos online at DavisPlus that demonstrate how the interventions selected make a difference in your patients’ lives.

Table of Contents

I.       PROMOTING FUNCTION

1.      Framework for Clinical Decision-Making and Patient Management (Susan B. O’Sullivan, PT, EdD)

2.      Interventions to Improve Motor Function (Susan B. O’Sullivan, PT, EdD)

3.      Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (Susan B. O’Sullivan, PT, EdD)

4.      Interventions to Improve Bed Mobility and Early Trunk Control (Cristiana K. Collins, PT, PhD, CFMT, NCS, Vicky Saliba Johnson, PT, FAAOMPT, & Thomas J. Schmitz, PT, PhD)

5.      Interventions to Improve Sitting and Sitting Balance Skills (Susan B. O’Sullivan, PT, EdD & Edward W. Bezkor, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC)

6.      Interventions to Improve Intermediate Trunk and Hip Control: Kneeling and Half-Kneeling Skills (Thomas J. Schmitz, PT, PhD)

7.      Interventions to Improve Transfer Skills (George D. Fulk, PT, PhD & Coby Nirider, PT, DPT)

8.      Interventions to Improve Wheelchair Skills (George D. Fulk, PT, PhD & Jennifer Hastings, PT, PhD, NCS)

9.      Interventions to Improve Standing and Standing Balance Skills (JoAnn Moriarty-Baron, PT, DPT & Susan B. O’Sullivan, PT, EdD)

10.  Interventions to Improve Locomotor Skills (Cristiana K. Collins, PT, PhD, CFMT, NCS & Thomas J. Schmitz, PT, PhD)

11.  Interventions to Improve Upper Extremity Skills (Sharon A. Gutman, PhD, OTR & Marianne H. Mortera, PhD, OTR)

12.  Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (David M. Morris, PT, PhD & Edward Taub, PhD)

13.  Interventions for Vestibular Rehabilitation (JoAnn Moriarty-Baron, PT, DPT)

II.    CASE STUDIES (Edward W. Bezcor, PT, DPT, MTC, Case Studies and Multimedia Editor)

1.      Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury (Temple T. Cowden, PT, MPT)

2.      Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury: Balance and Locomotor Training (Heidi Roth, PT, MSPT, NCS & Jason Barbas, PT, MPT, NCS)

3.      Patient with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, T4: Locomotor Training (Elizabeth Ardolino, PT, MS, Elizabeth Watson, PT, DPT, NCS, Andrea L. Behrman, PT, PhD, Susan Harkema, PhD, & Mary Schmidt-Read, PT, DPT, MS)

4.      Patient with Stroke: Home Care Rehabilitation (Lynn Wong, PT, DPT, MS, GCS)

5.      Patient with Stroke: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (David M. Morris, PT, PhD, Sonya L. Pearson, PT, DPT & Edward Taub, PhD)

6.      Patient with Parkinson’s Disease (Edward W. Bezkor, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC)

7.      Patient with Complete Spinal Cord Injury, T9 (Paula Ackerman, MS, OTR/L, Myrtice Atrice, PT, BS, Teresa Foy, BS, OTR/L, Sarah Morrison, PT, BS, Polly Hopkins, MOTR/L, & Shari McDowell, PT, BS)

8.      Patient with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, C7 (Maria Stelmach, PT, DPT, NCS & Sophie Benoist, PT, DPT)

9.      Patient with Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction (JoAnn Moriarty-Baron, PT, DPT)

10.  Patient with Complete Spinal Cord Injury, T10 (Darrell Musick, PT & Laura S. Wehrli, PT, DPT, ATP)

11.  Patient with Cerebellar Glioblastoma (Catherine Printz, PT, DPT, NCS, Melissa S. Doyle, PT, DPT, NCS, & Carter McElroy, PT, MPT)

12.  Patient with Guillain Barré Syndrome and Tetraplegia (Kate Rough, PT, DPT, NCS, Victoria Stevens PT, NCS, Stacia Lee, PT, NCS, & Katie R. Sweet, PT, DPT)

13.  Patient with Stroke (Lauren Snowdon, PT, DPT, ATP)

14.  Patient with Motor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, C4 (Sally M. Taylor, PT, DPT, NCS)

15. Patient with Transfemoral Amputation (Kyla L. Dunlavey, PT, MPT, OCS & Barri L. Schnall, PT, MPT)