Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Secrets

I. PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION ESSENTIALS -What is Physiatry? -Person-Centered Rehabilitation: Interdisciplinary --Intervention to Enhance Patient Enablement -Functional Assessment for Outcome Analysis -Research Concepts in PM&R -Nervous System Anatomy -Physiology of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems -Anatomy & Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System II. CARING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES -Communication Strategies For Rehabilitation Professionals: Disability, Etiquette, and Empowerment -Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe VisualImpairment or Blindness -Rehabilitation Strategies in the Hearing Impaired -Sexual Satisfaction Despite Disablement -Environmental Adaptations -Legislative Issues in the Field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation III. THE REHABILITATION EVALUATION -The Physiatric Consultation: Interdisciplinary Intervention and Functional Restoration -Neurologic Evaluation of the Rehabilitation Patient -Manual Muscle Testing and Range of Motion Measurement -Analysis of Gait & Kinesiology -Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient -Impairment Evaluation and Disability Rating IV. ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FUNDAMENTALS -General Principles of Electrodiagnosis -Radiculopathies -Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and/or Median Neuropathy at the Wrist -Entrapment Neuropathy -Peripheral Neuropathy -Electrophysiology of Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission -Sensory and Motor Evoked Potentials V. REHABILITATION OF ORGAN-BASED SYSTEMS -Stroke -Multiple Sclerosis -Movement Disorders -Traumatic Brain Injury -Spinal Cord Injury Medicine -Motor Neuron Disease -Frontiers and Fundamentals of Neurorehabilitation -Pulmonary Rehabilitation -Cardiac Rehabilitation -Peripheral Vascular Disease Rehabilitation VI. MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION -Neck pain -Low Back Pain -The Shoulder: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Shoulder Disorders -The Elbow: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of the Elbow -The Wrist & Hand: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Wrist & Hand Disorders -The Hip: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Hip Disorders -The Knee: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of the Knee Disorders -The Ankle and Foot: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis -Rehabilitation of Foot and Ankle Disorders -Management of Fractures -Rehabilitation of Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal Injury VII. REHABILITATION AFTER SYSTEMIC DISEASE AND INJURY -Rehabilitation of the Transplant Patient -Rehabilitation in Chronic Renal Failure and End-Stage Renal Disease -Cancer Rehabilitation: General Principles -Rehabilitation of the Individual with HIV and AIDS -Rehabilitative Management of Rheumatic Diseases -Burn Rehabilitation VIII. CHRONIC PAIN -Pain Management (Patil, Guarino, Staats) -Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia (Fisher, Cassius, Imamura) -Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (OYoung, Slaten) IX. REHABILITATION IN SPORTS AND THE ARTS -Sports Medicine -Rehabilitation of the Performing Artist X. REHABILITATION AND INDUSTRY -Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling -Occupational Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker XI. PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION -General Pediatric Rehabilitation -Developmental Milestones -Cerebral Palsy -Neural Tube Defects XII. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS IN REHABILITATION -Common Medical Problems on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit -Hazards of Immobilization: Preventing the Adverse Effects of Bed -Metabolic Bone Disease -Heterotopic Ossification -Pressure Ulcers -Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction: Evaluation and Adaptive Management -Urologic Disorders in Rehabilitation -Communication and Swallowing Impairments XIII. GENERAL THERAPEUTICS -Therapeutic Exercise -Nutrition and Dietary Issues in Rehabilitation -Pharmacological Agents in Rehabilitation Medicine Assistive Technology -Community Reintegration XIV. PHYSICAL MODALITIES -The Physical Agents -Electrotherapy -Traction, Manipulation, and Massage XV. INTERVENTIONAL PHYSIATRY -Epidural Blocks, Facet Injections and Spinal Therapeutics -Local Injections for Muscle Spasticity (Nerve Blocks) -Acupuncture -Injections of Peripheral Joints, Bursae, and Tendon Sheaths XVI. ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS, AND WHEELCHAIRS -Amputation Rehabilitation -Upper -Limb Orthoses -Upper Limb Prostheses -Lower-Limb Orthoses -Lower Limb Prosthetics and Gait Deviations -Spinal Orthoses -Manual Wheelchairs -Epilogue