Functional Neurorehabilitation Through the Life Span

Functional Neurorehabilitation Through the Life Span
ISBN-10
0803611072
ISBN-13
9780803611078
Category
Medical
Pages
411
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
F A Davis Company
Author
Dolores Bertoti

Description

Designed for physical therapist assistant students and anyone working in the rehabilitation of patients with neurologic damage, this easy-to-use textbook focuses on the framework for neurorehabilitative patient treatment. Placing an emphasis on the scientific and clinical practice, it offers problem-solving instruction on how and where to begin, and how to ensure that the interventions will be meaningful to individuals with neurologic damage. It examines the evolving knowledge of basic sciences, neurology, and neurophysiology, and translates these into treatment ideas for patients throughout the life span. The text presents "best practice" insights, made clinically meaningful and easily applicable to patient care. Presents a collaborative approach illustrating the value and distinctness of physical therapy and occupational therapy in working with the developing, mature, or aging neurologically impaired patient

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