Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation

Achieve the best functional outcomes for your patients.

Here is a practical, step-by-step guide to understanding the treatment process and selecting the most appropriate intervention for your patient. Superbly illustrated, in-depth coverage shows you how to identify functional deficits, determine what treatments are appropriate, and then to implement them to achieve the best functional outcome for your patients.

This one-of-a-kind resource features case studies in the text accompanied by videos online at DavisPlus that demonstrate how the interventions selected make a difference in your patients’ lives.

• Discussions address the foundational context for clinical decision-making and the conceptual framework for developing a comprehensive plan of care.
• Detailed coverage examines strategies and interventions to promote enhanced motor function and independence in key functional skills.
• Laboratory practice activities focus on task analysis and acquisition of psychomotor skills.
• Case Studies present examples of patient management strategies based on effective clinical decision-making for patients with a variety of diagnoses, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, peripheral vestibular dysfunction, and Parkinson’s disease.
• Case Study Guiding Questions enhance clinical decision-making and challenge students to address the unique needs of individual patients.
• Tables summarize the content, while also functioning as concise study guides.
• “Clinical Notes” highlight key points and specific or unique aspects of an intervention.
• “Red Flags” identify potential patient problems or precautions.
• “Comments” present concepts and techniques for successfully implementing an intervention.
• Fifteen videos online at DavisPlus, corresponding to the fifteen case studies in the book, present elements of the initial examination, interventions, and outcomes for a variety of the commonly seen clinical conditions in rehabilitation settings.
• An extensive program of photographs and figures illustrates the narrative descriptions of the intervention strategies.

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