The Rehabilitation Specialist's Handbook

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Jules M. Rothstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA, University of Illinois; University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Serge H. Roy, ScD, PT, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; David Scalzitti, MS, PT, OCS, American Physical Therapy Association Alexandria, Virginia. (F. A. Davis)

The utility of The Rehabilitation Specialist's Handbook gains relevance with therapists' growing experience in the field.

This is the book that your students will need as they transition to clinical practice, that practicing PTs will need as they pursue a transitional DPT, and that rehabilitation specialists will need to refresh their clinical knowledge. Every member of the rehabilitation team can put this handbook to immediate use for its wealth of current clinical information. The utility of this information-packed handbook gains relevance with therapists' growing experience in the field.

Key Features:

Covers an extraordinary breadth of topics - from the full range of basic scientific information (neuroanatomy and clinical neurology, osteology and clinical orthopedics, general anatomy, cardiac and pulmonary anatomy) to the treatments and methods used in modern rehabilitation practice.
Many components related to neurorehabilitation have been updated in this edition, including expanded coverage on Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, epilepsy, and brain tumors.
Geriatrics section entirely revised and updated.
Outcome measures section updated to include new, validated tests. Includes the latest information on specialties, from the PT specialist's viewpoint.
Translations of clinical terms now include Spanish, Korean, and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese).
Hundreds of tables and images make the content jump.

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