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Spinal Cord Injuries - E-Book

Author : Sue Ann Sisto
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0323063020
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Spinal Cord Injuries - E-Book written by Sue Ann Sisto and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a hospital admittance to discharge to outpatient rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injuries addresses the wide spectrum of rehabilitation interventions and administrative and clinical issues specific to patients with spinal cord injuries. Comprehensive coverage includes costs, life expectancies, acute care, respiratory care, documentation, goal setting, clinical treatment, complications, and activities of daily living associated with spinal cord patients. In addition to physical therapy interventions and family education components, this resource includes content on incidence, etiology, diagnosis, and clinical features of spinal cord injury. Case Studies with clinical application thinking exercises help you apply knowledge from the book to real life situations. Thoroughly referenced, evidence-based content provides the best evidence for treatment based on the most current research. Tables and boxes throughout each chapter organize and summarize important information for quick reference. Clinical Note boxes provide at-a-glance access to helpful tips. Over 500 clinical photos, line drawings, radiographs, and more bring important concepts to life. Highly respected experts in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, editors Sue Ann Sisto, Erica Druin, and Martha Sliwinski, provide authoritative guidance on the foundations and principles of practice for spinal cord injury. Companion DVD includes video clips of the techniques described throughout the book that demonstrate how to apply key concepts to practice.

Spinal Cord Medicine

Author : Denise I. Campagnolo
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 1451154275
Total Pages : 1899 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (511 download)

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Book Synopsis Spinal Cord Medicine by : Denise I. Campagnolo

Download or read book Spinal Cord Medicine written by Denise I. Campagnolo and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 1899 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and practical reference is the perfect resource for the medical specialist treating persons with spinal cord injuries. The book provides detail about all aspects of spinal cord injury and disease. The initial seven chapters present the history, anatomy, imaging, epidemiology, and general acute management of spinal cord injury. The next eleven chapters deal with medical aspects of spinal cord damage, such as pulmonary management and the neurogenic bladder. Chapters on rehabilitation are followed by nine chapters dealing with diseases that cause non-traumatic spinal cord injury. A comprehensive imaging chapter is included with 30 figures which provide the reader with an excellent resource to understand the complex issues of imaging the spine and spinal cord.

Spinal Cord Injury Pain

Author : Christine N. Sang
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128186631
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Spinal Cord Injury Pain written by Christine N. Sang and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinal Cord Injury Pain presents the basis for preclinical and clinical investigations, along with strategies for new approaches in the treatment of central neuropathic pain. Contributors from the private sector and academia provide a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in this challenging space. Topics include Epidemiology of Chronic Pain Following SCI, experimental models and mechanisms of chronic pain in SCI, and new targets and technologies. This book serves as a resource for continued translational research that will result in novel approaches and treatments that improve function and quality of life for individuals with CNP/SCI. Despite a better understanding of the complexity of mechanisms of CNP/SCI, improved medical and surgical management of SCI, and the subsequent acceleration of the identification of new targets and the development of novel analgesics, there is still a great unmet clinical need in the area of CNP following SCI. Hence, this book is a welcomed addition to current research and developments. Provides a comprehensive resource for novel approaches and treatments that improve function and quality of life for individuals with CNP/SCI Includes contributors from the private sector and academia Covers epidemiology of chronic pain following SCI, experimental models, mechanisms of chronic pain in SCI, and new targets and technologies

Still Lives

Author : Jonathan Cole
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262262170
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Still Lives written by Jonathan Cole and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2006-02-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination, through personal narratives and reflective commentary, of life without sensation or movement in the body. In writing Still Lives, Jonathan Cole wanted to find out about living in a wheelchair, without having what he calls "the doctor/patient thing" intervene. He has done this by asking people with spinal cord injuries the simple question of what it is like to live without sensation and movement in the body. If the body has absented itself, where does the person reside? He describes his method in the first chapter: "I have gone to people, not with a white coat or a stethoscope...[but] to listen to their lives as they express them," and it is the candid and powerful narratives of twelve people with spinal cord injuries that form the heart of the book.Asking his simple question, Cole discovers that there is no single or simple answer. The twelve people with tetraplegia (known as quadriplegia in the US) or paraplegia whose stories he tells testify to similar impairments but widely differing experiences. Cole employs their individual responses to shape the book into six main sections: "Enduring," "Exploring," "Experimenting," "Observing," "Empowering," and, finally, "Continuing." Each concludes with a commentary on the broader issues raised. Still Lives moves from a view of impairment as tragedy to reveal the possibilities and richness of experience available to those living with spinal injuries. More universally, it offers new perspectives on our relation to our bodies. In exploring the creative and imaginative adjustments required to construct a "still life," it makes a plea for the able-bodied to adjust their view of this most profound of impairments.

ICF Core Sets

Author : Jerome Bickenbach
Publisher : Hogrefe & Huber Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780889374317
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book ICF Core Sets written by Jerome Bickenbach and published by Hogrefe & Huber Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICF Research Branch in cooperation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications in Germany (at DIMDI) Practical, standardized tools to assess and document functioning, disability, and health according to the WHO ICF in a variety of health conditions and settings The WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the accepted common framework for understanding and documenting functioning and disability. The ICF Core Sets selected for this book have now been developed to facilitate the standardized use of the ICF in real-life clinical practice and thus improve quality of care. By using this collection of clear checklists, definitions, and forms, clinicians will quickly and easily be able to assess clients with a range of typical health conditions at different stages and in a variety of health care contexts. This manual: * Introduces the concepts of functioning and disability * Describes how and why the ICF Core Sets have been developed * Shows, step-by-step, how to apply the ICF Core Sets in clinical practice * Includes all 31 ICF Core Sets plus documentation forms (more than 1,400 pages of printable PDFs) on a CD-ROM. This manual is inherently multi-professional and will be of benefit not only for practitioners working in various health care contexts but also for students and teachers.

Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Sara Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801863530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Spinal Cord Injury written by Sara Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive resource for coping with medical, emotional, and practical challenges."--Cover.

Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309165202
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spinal Cord Injury written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-07-27 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 11,000 spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States and more than 200,000 Americans suffer from maladies associated with spinal cord injury. This includes paralysis, bowel and bladder dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, respiratory impairment, temperature regulation problems, and chronic pain. During the last two decades, longstanding beliefs about the inability of the adult central nervous system to heal itself have been eroded by the flood of new information from research in the neurosciences and related fields. However, there are still no cures and the challenge of restoring function in the wake of spinal cord injuries remains extremely complex. Spinal Cord Injury examines the future directions for research with the goal to accelerate the development of cures for spinal cord injuries. While many of the recommendations are framed within the context of the specific needs articulated by the New York Spinal Cord Injury Research Board, the Institute of Medicine's panel of experts looked very broadly at research priorities relating to future directions for the field in general and make recommendations to strengthen and coordinate the existing infrastructure. Funders at federal and state agencies, academic organizations, pharmaceutical and device companies, and non-profit organizations will all find this book to be an essential resource as they examine their opportunities.

Deep

Author : Marcy Joy Epstein
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047202504X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Deep written by Marcy Joy Epstein and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This project fits into the larger picture of excellence that we wish to accomplish in all dimensions of our health system: groundbreaking and dedicated research, compassionate clinical care, progressive education, and a welcoming environment that includes community with people with disabilities. In Deep, the writers and editors of this book realize this mission with accuracy and clarity." ---Denise G. Tate, Director of Research at the University of Michigan Model Spinal Cord Injury Care System People with spinal cord injuries experience life beyond their medical and rehabilitative journeys, but these stories are rarely told. Deep: Real Life with Spinal Cord Injury includes the stories of ten men and women whose lives have been transformed by spinal cord injury. Each essay challenges the stereotypes and misconceptions about SCI---with topics ranging from faith to humility to sex and manhood---offering a multitude of voices that weave together to create a better understanding of the diversity of disability and the uniqueness of those individuals whose lives are changed but not defined by their injuries. Life with SCI can be traumatic and ecstatic, uncharted and thrilling, but it always entails a journey beyond previous expectations. This volume captures this sea change, exploring the profound depths of SCI experience.

Measuring Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Giovanni Galeoto
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030683826
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Spinal Cord Injury written by Giovanni Galeoto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes validated outcome measures for the international Spinal Cord Injury population. Based on rigorous systematic reviews of ca. 80,000 scientific articles, the authors present assessment tools for various clinical uses in the health sciences, following parameters of validity, reliability, and responsiveness. It is important for the development of clinical practice and research that practical and appropriate measures become universally accepted; this would allow comparisons and meta- analysis of high-quality randomized controlled trials of people with this increasingly common injury. This book emphasizes the need for consensus among researchers as to which tools must be studied in depth or adapted to other national contexts, or which measurement instruments should be standardized in order to develop universal norms and standards for the performance of people with Spinal Cord Injury. It offers a valuable practical guide for clinicians, rehabilitation professionals and nurses, but will also help researchers to gain more confidence in using valid and reliable assessment tools for comparable clinical trials.

Mayo Clinic Guide to Living with a Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Mayo Clinic
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1935281631
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Mayo Clinic Guide to Living with a Spinal Cord Injury written by Mayo Clinic and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispenable guide offers a complete picture of the road to recovery, and the specifics to move ahead with your life. When possible it encourages readers to resume their favorite hobbies, participate in athletic activities and return to the workplace. For the first time, leading medical specialists at the world-renowned Mayo Clinic offer their expert advice on everything from emotional adjustments, to skin care, to home and car modifications, to quality-of-life improvements. Easy-to-read, illustrated, and well organized, Mayo Clinic Guide to Living with A Spinal Cord Inury provides the "how-to" regarding the day-to-day challenges faced by anyone who has a spinal cord injury.

Quality of Life, Exploring the Perspective of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Janice Leanne Beitel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life, Exploring the Perspective of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury written by Janice Leanne Beitel and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This descriptive-exploratory study, guided by the human becoming theory, explored quality of life (QOL) for six persons within twelve weeks of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Four themes emerged: (1) resolving to prevail, (2) considering alternative views, (3) dwelling with enriching affiliations, and (4) bewildering uncertainty. Participants' perspectives shifted post-injury. An awareness that view and approach to life shaped QOL, and the determination to overcome limitations was expressed. Beyond presence, thinking and talking about important relationships contributed to QOL. Uncertainty pervaded the participants' experience. Themes are consistent with research related to the experiences of continuing through difficult times and life altering illnesses. Health professionals may contribute to QOL by facilitating links to important others, by engaging in discussions to surface changing views of a situation, by witnessing the struggle to overcome limitations, and by listening to how others live with uncertainty. Additional research on QOL will continue to build knowledge.

Quality of Life After Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Maria Annika Bergman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life After Spinal Cord Injury written by Maria Annika Bergman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Perspectives on Spinal Cord Injury

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241564660
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book International Perspectives on Spinal Cord Injury written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every year between 250 000 and 500 000 people suffer a spinal cord injury, with road traffic crashes, falls and violence as the three leading causes. People with spinal cord injury are two to five times more likely to die prematurely. They also have lower rates of school enrollment and economic participation than people without such injuries. Spinal cord injury has costly consequences for the individual and society, but it is preventable, survivable and need not preclude good health and social inclusion. Ensuring an adequate medical and rehabilitation response, followed by supportive services and accessible environments, can help minimize the disruption to people with spinal cord injury and their families. The aims of International perspectives on spinal cord injury are to: ---assemble and summarize information on spinal cord injury, in particular the epidemiology, services, interventions and policies that are relevant, together with the lived experience of people with spinal cord injury; ---make recommendations for actions based on this evidence that are consistent with the aspirations for people with disabilities as expressed in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Essentials of Spinal Cord Medicine

Author : Sunil Sabharwal
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1936287382
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Spinal Cord Medicine written by Sunil Sabharwal and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact text is a practical, concise guide for clinicians involved in the care of patients with spinal cord injuries and disorders. It covers a comprehensive and diverse list of topics encompassing the principles and practice of spinal cord injury care, including basic science fundamentals, traumatic spinal cord injury, non-traumatic myelopathies, physical function and rehabilitation, medical consequences and complications of spinal cord injury, psychosocial and quality of life issues, and systems-based practice. Chapters are consistently formatted for ease of use and are organized under.

Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Life in People with Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Uma Rani Madhusudana
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Life in People with Spinal Cord Injury written by Uma Rani Madhusudana and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lving with Spinal Cord Injury

Author : Dr. Adrian Cristian
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1934559229
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Lving with Spinal Cord Injury written by Dr. Adrian Cristian and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 40% of all people with spinal cord injuries are now over the age of forty-five, and 25% have had their injury for twenty years or more. We now live at a time when medical advances have made it possible for those with spinal cord injuries to live an essentially normal life span, and to lead full, meaningful, and productive lives. As is true for their friends and colleagues, they work, raise families, and compete in sports. The wear and tear associated with aging and SCI means that these individuals must deal with the fact that the effects of normal aging are superimposed on those of the spinal cord injury, and activities that once might have been easy in many cases become increasingly difficult. Perhaps pushing a wheelchair up a hill or transferring in and out of a car is more challenging than it once was. Heart disease, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and pressure sores are common health ailments specific to those with SCI; declining financial resources and aging caregivers are common social problems. This is the definitive guide to dealing with the major challenges faced by those with spinal cord injuries, as related to health, finances, and their social support system. It is primarily designed to identify medical and nonmedical problems that individuals may face as they live with SCI for a number of years. Medical issues are considered by body system and include discussions of the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, the gastrointestinal system, the urinary system, the musculoskeletal system, the skin, and psychological issues. Following these discussions of common medical issues related to SCI is a section that deals with mobility and transportation issues, including wheelchairs, the selection of vans and minivans, and the usefulness of a fresh look at rehabilitation issues. A section on managing finances includes a chapter on dealing with home health attendants while appendices provide information for caregivers, a glossary of commonly used terms in SCI, and a helpful list of resources. A wealth of practical advice by other people with spinal cord injuries as well as experts in the field has also been provided to help tackle the daily challenges faced by those with SCI. This book will bring a better quality of life to the reader living with SCI. Through vigilance and planning, a person with spinal cord injury can age gracefully and have a good quality of life for many years.

Management of Spinal Cord Injuries

Author : Lisa Harvey
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702036153
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Management of Spinal Cord Injuries written by Lisa Harvey and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining 25 years of clinical, research and teaching experience, Dr Lisa Harvey provides an innovative 5-step approach to the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injury. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, this approach emphasises the importance of setting goals which are purposeful and meaningful to the patient. These goals are related to performance of motor tasks analysed in terms of 6 key impairments. The assessment and treatment performance of each of these impairments for people with spinal cord injury is described in the following chapters: training motor tasks strength training contracture management pain management respiratory management cardiovascular fitness training Dr Harvey develops readers' problem-solving skills equipping them to manage all types of spinal cord injuries. Central to these skills is an understanding of how people with different patterns of paralysis perform motor tasks and the importance of differentmuscles for motor tasks such as: transfers and bed mobility of people wheelchair mobility hand function for people with tetraplegia standing and walking with lower limb paralysis This book is for students and junior physiotherapists with little or no experience in the area of spinal cord injury but with a general understanding of the principles of physiotherapy. It is also a useful tool for experienced clinicians, including those keen to explore the evidence base that supports different physiotherapy interventions.