Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Musculoskeletal Medicine)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
• Published by: Humana Press
• Edition: 1st Edition April 17, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1588296180
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1588296184
• Book Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 15.5 ounces

Product Review


From the reviews:

"This book serves as an introduction for medical students and junior residents … . The main purpose of this book is to provide information to inexperienced staff, enabling them to begin a rotation confidently … . The book is easy to read and is presented in a clean and concise manner … . useful as a guide for students and newly qualified physiotherapists. … It could also be very useful as a refresher or revision tool … . good addition to a physiotherapist’s personal library." (Hayley Jackson, Physiology, June, 2007)

Product Description
Comprehensive and concise review of the essential facts needed to do a successful clinical rotation in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Writing to be quickly read and comprehended, the authors spell out the implications of brain injury, the effects of spinal cord injury, the uses of orthotics and prosthetics, and the crucial importance of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation to maximize functional independence. Additional chapters detail the principles of pediatric, neuromuscular, cancer, and orthopedic rehabilitation, and demonstrate the use of electrodiagnostic techniques that can be used to help localize a lesion of the neuromuscular system and determine its severity, time course, and prognosis. The book also provides a handy review for passing PM&R board exams.

Reader Reviews
Overall, this is an excellent and much needed short review of PM&R. It's detailed enough to give you what you need -- but short enough to not get bogged down. The level of detail is closest to Secrets...but better. Some of the chapters (Spinal Cord, TBI, Stroke, Spine and musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular, Ortho rehab) are outstanding and some seem a little too detailed (Cardiac and Pulmonary chapters).