Mobility in Context 2e

Establishing the Bar: An Introduction
The Fundamentals of Progressive Mobility
I. Moving the Bar: Preparing Yourself for Patient-Clinician Interaction
1. Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance
2. The Mechanics of Movement
3. Special Environments
II. Moving the Bar: Initiating Mobility
4. Keeping It Clean: Maintaining Cleanliness in the Clinical Environment
5. Assessing Physiological Status: Vital Signs
6. Draping for Minimum Exposure and Maximum Dignity
7. Positioning Your Patient for Mobility
8. Transferring Dependent Patients: Safe Patient Handling and Mobility
III. Moving the Bar: Engaging the Patient in Early Functional Mobility
9. Maintaining Capacity for Mobility Through Range of Motion
10. Bed Mobility
11. Manual Lateral Transfers: Seated and Pivot
12. Vertical Transfers: Floor to Chair and Chair to Plinth
IV. Moving the Bar: Locomotion
13. Seated Mobility: Sitting But Not Sitting Still–Fitting and Propelling a Wheelchair
14. Navigating the Challenges of Ambulating
15. Implementing Device-Specific Gait
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