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Umphred's Neurological Rehabilitation,
Edition 8Editors: By Rolando T. Lazaro, PT, PhD, DPT, GCS
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**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation**
Develop essential problem-solving strategies for providing individualized, effective neurologic care! Under the leadership of Rolando Lazaro, Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation, Eighth Edition, covers the therapeutic management of people with activity limitations, participation restrictions, and quality-of-life issues following a neurological event across the lifespan. This comprehensive reference provides foundational knowledge and addresses the best evidence for examination tools and interventions commonly used in today's clinical practice. It applies a time-tested, evidence-based approach to neurological rehabilitation that is perfect for both the classroom and the clinic.
Key Features
- NEW! Content addresses the movement system and clinical practice guidelines
- NEW! Two new chapters on special focus topics explore COVID-19 and reframing selected intervention strategies
- NEW! Content explores COVID-19 as it relates to the neurologic system
- NEW! Enhanced ebook version, included with every new print purchase, features videos and appendices and supplemental content for select chapters, plus digital access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
- UPDATED! Coverage focuses on linking evidence-based examination and intervention tools
- Comprehensive coverage offers a thorough understanding of all aspects of neurological rehabilitation across the lifespan — from pediatrics to geriatrics
- Expert authors and editors lend their experience and guidance for on-the-job success
- UNIQUE! Section on neurological problems accompanying specific system problems includes hot topics such as poor vision, vestibular dysfunction, dementia and problems with cognition, and aging with a disability
- Problem-solving approach helps you apply your knowledge to examinations, evaluations, prognoses, and intervention strategies
- Evidence-based research sets up best practices, covering topics such as the theory and practice of neurologic rehabilitation; evidence-based examination and intervention tools; and the patient's psychosocial concerns
- Case studies use real-world examples to promote problem-solving skills
- Terminology adheres to best practices, following The Guide to Physical Therapy Practice and the WHO-ICF World Health model
About the author
By Rolando T. Lazaro, PT, PhD, DPT, GCS, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA
SECTION I Foundations for Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation
1. Foundations of Clinical Practice
2. Movement Analysis Across the Life Span
3. Contemporary Issues and Theories of Motor Control, Motor Learning, and Neuroplasticity
4. The Limbic Network: Influence Over Motor Control, Memory, and Learning
5. Psychosocial Aspects of Adaptation and Adjustment During Various Phases of Neurological Disability
6. Differential Diagnosis of the Patient With a Neurological Condition
7. Examination and Evaluation of Functional Movement
Activities, Body Functions and Structures, and Participation
8. Interventions for Individuals With Movement Limitations
SECTION II Physical Rehabilitation Management of Individuals With Neurologic System Pathology
9. Neonatal Medical and Developmental Challenges: NICU Management and Follow-Up
10. Management of Clinical Problems of Children With Cerebral Palsy
11. Genetic Disorders: A Pediatric Perspective
12. Learning Disabilities and Developmental Coordination Disorder
13. Spina Bifida: A Neural Tube Defect
14. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
15. Neuromuscular Diseases
16. Beyond the Central Nervous System: Neurovascular Entrapment Syndromes
17. Multiple Sclerosis
18. Disorders of the Basal Nuclei
19. Movement Dysfunction Associated With Cerebellar Damage
20. Balance Dysfunction
21. Vestibular Dysfunction
22. Traumatic Brain Injury
23. Concussion
24. Movement Dysfunction in Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident
25. Brain Tumors
26. Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Brain
27. Aging, Dementia, and Disorders of Cognition
SECTION III Neurological Disorders and Application Issues
28. Special Focus Topic 1: COVID-19 and Long COVID: Heart and Brain Connections
29. Special Focus Topic 2: Reframing Selected Intervention Strategies
30. Disorders of Vision and Visual-Perceptual Dysfunction
31. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary System Health in Populations With Neurological Disorders
32. Pain Management
33. Electromyography and Electrical Stimulation
34. Orthotics: Evaluation, Intervention, and Prescription
35. Integrating Health Promotion and Wellness Into Neurorehabilitation
36. Aging With Chronic Nervous System Conditions and Impairments
37. Impact of Drug Therapy on Patients Receiving Neurological Rehabilitation
38. Use of Neuroimaging in Rehabilitation
39. Integrating Technology in Neurological Rehabilitation
40 The Use of Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Individuals With Neurological Diseases and Movement Disorders
1. Foundations of Clinical Practice
2. Movement Analysis Across the Life Span
3. Contemporary Issues and Theories of Motor Control, Motor Learning, and Neuroplasticity
4. The Limbic Network: Influence Over Motor Control, Memory, and Learning
5. Psychosocial Aspects of Adaptation and Adjustment During Various Phases of Neurological Disability
6. Differential Diagnosis of the Patient With a Neurological Condition
7. Examination and Evaluation of Functional Movement
Activities, Body Functions and Structures, and Participation
8. Interventions for Individuals With Movement Limitations
SECTION II Physical Rehabilitation Management of Individuals With Neurologic System Pathology
9. Neonatal Medical and Developmental Challenges: NICU Management and Follow-Up
10. Management of Clinical Problems of Children With Cerebral Palsy
11. Genetic Disorders: A Pediatric Perspective
12. Learning Disabilities and Developmental Coordination Disorder
13. Spina Bifida: A Neural Tube Defect
14. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
15. Neuromuscular Diseases
16. Beyond the Central Nervous System: Neurovascular Entrapment Syndromes
17. Multiple Sclerosis
18. Disorders of the Basal Nuclei
19. Movement Dysfunction Associated With Cerebellar Damage
20. Balance Dysfunction
21. Vestibular Dysfunction
22. Traumatic Brain Injury
23. Concussion
24. Movement Dysfunction in Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident
25. Brain Tumors
26. Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Brain
27. Aging, Dementia, and Disorders of Cognition
SECTION III Neurological Disorders and Application Issues
28. Special Focus Topic 1: COVID-19 and Long COVID: Heart and Brain Connections
29. Special Focus Topic 2: Reframing Selected Intervention Strategies
30. Disorders of Vision and Visual-Perceptual Dysfunction
31. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary System Health in Populations With Neurological Disorders
32. Pain Management
33. Electromyography and Electrical Stimulation
34. Orthotics: Evaluation, Intervention, and Prescription
35. Integrating Health Promotion and Wellness Into Neurorehabilitation
36. Aging With Chronic Nervous System Conditions and Impairments
37. Impact of Drug Therapy on Patients Receiving Neurological Rehabilitation
38. Use of Neuroimaging in Rehabilitation
39. Integrating Technology in Neurological Rehabilitation
40 The Use of Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Individuals With Neurological Diseases and Movement Disorders
ISBN:
9780443112928
Page Count:
1144
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