Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Musculoskeletal Medicine)

Every medical student and junior resident needs a basic introductory survey that concisely presents all of the critical information underlying their specialty. In Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, nationally and internationally recognized experts join forces to summarize 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 concisely 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. Comprehensive in its organization and concise in its presentation of essential information, Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation not only explains to the medical student and junior resident everything they need to know before and during residency training and a first rotation, but also provides a handy review for passing PM&R board exams.

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.

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Reviewer:Rachna H Soriano, DO(Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)
Description:This book provides good, beginner level information in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide a general introduction to the field of rehabilitation. This book is useful and few of this nature are available in this field. The book meets the author's objectives as a general overview for beginners in the field.
Audience:It is written by a resident for students or beginning residents.
Features:The book covers the basics of physical medicine and rehabilitation. It is concise and easy to read and understand for a beginner. This is a great book for someone new to the field, but too basic for those already experienced in the field.
Assessment:Good basic book for those trying to discover the basics of the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Traumatic brain injury / Ramnik Singh and Michael W. O'Dell Stroke / Brenda S. Mallory Spinal cord injury / Monifa Brooks and Steven Kirshblum Prosthetics and orthotics / Heikki Uustal Cardiac rehabilitation / Mathew N. Bartels Pulmonary rehabilitation / Mathew N. Bartels Pediatric rehabilitation / Jilda N. Vargus-Adams Neuromuscular rehabilitation / Nancy E. Strauss, Shikha Sethi, and Stanley J. Myers Cancer rehabilitation / Michael D. Stubblefield and Christian M. Custodio Orthopedic rehabilitation / C. David Lin Spine and musculoskeletal medicine / Grant Cooper, Yusuf Tatli, and Gregory E. Lutz Electrodiagnostic medicine / Joseph Feinberg ... [et al.]. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 1-31 Stroke....Pages 33-57 Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 59-100 Prosthetics and Orthotics....Pages 101-118 Cardiac Rehabilitation....Pages 119-145 Pulmonary Rehabilitation....Pages 147-173 Pediatric Rehabilitation....Pages 175-190 Neuromuscular Rehabilitation....Pages 191-215 Cancer Rehabilitation....Pages 217-231 Orthopedic Rehabilitation....Pages 233-247 Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine....Pages 249-284 Electrodiagnostic Medicine....Pages 285-332 Back Matter....Pages 333-347 "Comprehensive in its organization and concise in its presentation of essential information, Essential Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation not only explains to the medical student and junior resident everything they need to know before and during residency training and a first rotation, but also provides a handy review for passing PM & R board exams."--Jacket Provides an approachable, high yield, digestible review of only the most important aspects of physical medicine and rehabilitation. This book is designed to serve as a survival guide for students who are first learning about physical medicine and rehabilitation during their most important years of training