Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation: From Impairment to Participation (Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series)

"This edited handbook provides a comprehensive resource to inform and guide health and rehabilitation practitioners as they engage in the rehabilitation process with multiple sclerosis patients. The text provides a broad-based perspective on multiple sclerosis, how it influences everyday life, and the strategies that can be employed by rehabilitation practitioners to enable people with MS to fully engage in everyday life. The first section offers an overview of MS basics; the next two sections describe MS rehabilitation to manage impairments and to enhance activity and participation among MS patients; and the final section presents contextual factors that may influence MS rehabilitation efforts"--Provided by publisher. Read more... "MS is always in the back of your mind. If there is something you want to do, you always wonder if the MS will allow you do to it."--Darlene, living with MS for 22 yearsLiving with multiple sclerosis (MS) is challenging and multidimensional. MS pervades all aspects of life: one's body becomes unpredictable and unreliable, one's identity and sense of self are tested, and relationships with others often change. MS symptoms emerge and remit; limitations evolve and progress. MS rehabilitation is an active, person-centered, and goal-oriented process embedded within a respectful and collaborative partnership between the person with MS and the members of his or her rehabilitation treatment team. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a guiding framework, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation: From Impairment to Participation provides a comprehensive and evidence-based resource to inform and guide clinical reasoning and decision making during each phase of the MS rehabilitation process, from initial referral to post-discharge follow-up. With an emphasis on the application of evidence throughout the entire MS rehabilitation process, the specific objectives of the book are to increase the understanding of:The nature and impact of specific impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions experienced by people with MSHow to select and use valid, reliable, and relevant assessment tools to inform the development of rehabilitation goals and intervention plans, and to evaluate outcomesThis book provides information about the nature and impact of MS on the daily lives of people living with the disease, describes evidence-based assessment processes and instruments, and summarizes current knowledge that can inform goal setting and intervention planning. Thoughtful application of the knowledge contained in this book will inform and guide rehabilitation providers to work collaboratively with people with MS and enable them to achieve their goals for participation in everyday life Living with multiple sclerosis (MS) is challenging and multidimensional. MS pervades all aspects of life: one’s body becomes unpredictable and unreliable, one’s identity and sense of self are tested, and relationships with others often change. MS symptoms emerge and remit; limitations evolve and progress. MS rehabilitation is an active, person-centered, and goal-oriented process embedded within a respectful and collaborative partnership between the person with MS and the members of his or her rehabilitation treatment team. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a guiding framework, Multiple sclerosis rehabilitation: from impairment to participation” provides a comprehensive and evidence-based resource to inform and guide clinical reasoning and decision making during each phase of the MS rehabilitation process, from initial referral to post-discharge follow-up. With an emphasis on the application of evidence throughout the entire MS rehabilitation process, the specific objectives of the book are to increase the understanding of: - The nature and impact of specific impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions experienced by people with MS; - How to select and use valid, reliable, and relevant assessment tools to inform the development of rehabilitation goals and intervention plans, and to evaluate outcomes.This book provides information about the nature and impact of MS on the daily lives of people living with the disease, describes evidence-based assessment processes and instruments, and summarizes current knowledge that can inform goal setting and intervention planning. Thoughtful application of the knowledge contained in this book will inform and guide rehabilitation providers to work collaboratively with people with MS and enable them to achieve their goals for participation in everyday life.[CRC Press] Content: Section 1. Foundations -- section 2. Multiple sclerosis rehabilitation for impairments in body structure and function -- section 3. Multiple sclerosis rehabilitation for activity limitations and participation restrictions -- section 4. Influence of personal and environmental contexts on multiple sclerosis and multiple sclerosis rehabilitation -- section 5. Moving into the future. Abstract: "This edited handbook provides a comprehensive resource to inform and guide health and rehabilitation practitioners as they engage in the rehabilitation process with multiple sclerosis patients. The text provides a broad-based perspective on multiple sclerosis, how it influences everyday life, and the strategies that can be employed by rehabilitation practitioners to enable people with MS to fully engage in everyday life. The first section offers an overview of MS basics; the next two sections describe MS rehabilitation to manage impairments and to enhance activity and participation among MS patients; and the final section presents contextual factors that may influence MS rehabilitation efforts"--Provided by publisher Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a guiding framework, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation: From Impairment to Participation provides a comprehensive and evidence-based resource to inform and guide clinical reasoning and decision making during each phase of the MS rehabilitation process, from initial referral to post-discharge follow-up. With an emphasis on the application of evidence throughout the entire MS rehabilitation process, the specific objectives of the book are to increase the understanding of: * The nature and impact of specific impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions experienced by people with MS * How to select and use valid, reliable, and relevant assessment tools to inform the development of rehabilitation goals and intervention plans, and to evaluate outcomes This book provides information about the nature and impact of MS on the daily lives of people living with the disease, describes evidence-based assessment processes and instruments, and summarizes current knowledge that can inform goal setting and intervention planning