Tetraplegia and paraplegia: a guide for physiotherapists

Ida Bromley MBE FCSP0443101809, 9780443101809

Extensively illustrated and easy to use, this practical resource offers clear guidelines and step-by-step sequences for moving and working with individuals with differing levels of paralysis. It serves as both an ideal student textbook and a valuable clinical manual for therapists who see tetraplegic and paraplegic patients.

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Table of contents :
Copyright……Page 2
Contributors……Page 3
Preface – 6th edition……Page 4
CHAPTER 1 – Spinal cord injury……Page 6
CHAPTER 2 – Physiological effects and their initial management……Page 17
CHAPTER 3 – Patient-centred practice……Page 34
CHAPTER 4 – The acute lesion……Page 43
CHAPTER 5 – Respiratory therapy……Page 55
CHAPTER 6 – Pressure – effects and prevention……Page 75
CHAPTER 7 – Initial physical re-education……Page 97
CHAPTER 8 – Personal independence……Page 113
CHAPTER 9 – The biomechanical principles used in transferring……Page 131
CHAPTER 10 – Basic functional movements……Page 136
CHAPTER 11 – Wheelchairs and wheelchair management……Page 150
CHAPTER 12 – Transfers……Page 185
CHAPTER 13 – Gait training……Page 215
CHAPTER 14 – Ultra-high lesions……Page 259
CHAPTER 15 – The incomplete spinal lesion……Page 272
CHAPTER 16 – Spinal cord injury in children……Page 318
CHAPTER 17 – Ageing with spinal cord injury……Page 344
CHAPTER 18 – Complications……Page 352
CHAPTER 19 – Sport in rehabilitation……Page 372
APPENDIX 1 – ASIA scale (a): Standard neurological classification of spinal cord injury……Page 384
APPENDIX 2 – ASIA Scale (b): Functional Independence Measure and impairment scale……Page 387
APPENDIX 3 – SCIM – Spinal Cord Independence Measure……Page 388
APPENDIX 4 – Major segmental innervation of the muscles of the upper limb……Page 392
APPENDIX 5 – Major segmental innervation of the muscles of the lower limb……Page 393
APPENDIX 6 – Functional independence……Page 394
APPENDIX 7 – Segmental innervation of the skin……Page 395
APPENDIX 8 – Useful addresses and equipment suppliers……Page 397
Further reading……Page 401
Subject Index……Page 402