cover image - Stroke Rehabilitation - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323172837
Copyright: 2016
Publication Date: 07-22-2015
Page Count: 768
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $102.99

Stroke Rehabilitation - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Stroke Rehabilitation - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323172837
Copyright: 2016
Publication Date: 07-22-2015
Page Count: 768
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $102.99
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Guide your students in learning to confidently manage the growing number of stroke rehabilitation clients with Gillen’s Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach, 4th Edition. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, this must-have text remains the only comprehensive, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation resource for occupational therapists. The new edition has been extensively updated with the latest information on neuroplasticity and cognitive rehabilitation, along with more evidence-based research added to every chapter. As with previous editions, this comprehensive reference uses an application-based method that integrates background medical information, samples of functionally based evaluations, and current treatment techniques and intervention strategies.

    • Evidence-based clinical trials and outcome studies clearly outline the basis for stroke interventions.
    • NEW! Expanded descriptions and samples of standardized, valid, and reliable assessments.
    • NEW! Updated information and references give students the latest information in all areas of stroke rehabilitation.
    • NEW! Coverage of cognition offers a solid foundation in a subject that has become a hot topic in the field.
    • UNIQUE! Survivor's Perspectives help students understand the stroke rehabilitation process from the client'' point-of-view. 
    • UNIQUE! Case studies challenge students to apply rehabilitation concepts to realistic scenarios. 
    • UNIQUE! A multidisciplinary approach highlights discipline-specific distinctions in stroke rehabilitation among occupation and physical therapists, physicians, and speech-language pathologists.
    • Review questions in each chapter help students assess their understanding of rehabilitation concepts. 
    • Key terms and chapter objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students study more efficiently.
    • Three new chapters broaden your understanding of stroke intervention in the areas of Using Technology to Improve Limb Function, Managing Speech and Language Deficits after Stroke, and Parenting after Stroke.
    • Learning activities and interactive references on a companion Evolve Resources website help you review textbook content and locate additional information.
  • Part I: Foundations of Stroke Rehabilitation
    1. Pathophysiology, Medical Management and Acute Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors
    2. Improving Participation and Quality of Life through Occupation
    3. Task-Oriented Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation
    4. Activity-Based Intervention in Stroke Rehabilitation
    5. Client Centeredness: A Survivor's Perspective

    Part 2: Maximizing Participation in Everyday Activities
    6. Enhancing Performance of Activities of Daily Living
    7. Activities of Daily Living Adaptations: Managing the Environment with One-Handed Techniques
    8. Functional Mobility
    9. Gait Awareness
    10. Return to Work
    11. Driving and Community Mobility as an Instrumental Activity of Daily Living
    12. Parenting after Stroke
    13. Sexual Function and Intimacy
    14. Leisure Participation after Stroke
    15. Caregivers and Caregiving

    Part 3: Maximizing Outcomes for Specific Problem Areas Following Stroke
    16. Psychological Aspects of Stroke Rehabilitation
    17. Approaches to Motor Control Dysfunction: An Evidence-Based Review
    18. Trunk Control: Supporting Functional Independence
    19. Overview of Balance Impairments: Functional Implications
    20. Vestibular Rehabilitation and Stroke
    21. Upper Extremity Function and Management
    22. Rehabilitation Technologies to Promote Upper Limb Recovery after Stroke
    23. Edema Control
    24. Splinting Applications
    25. Managing Visual and Visuospatial Impairments to Optimize Function 
    26. Impact of Neurobehavioral Deficits on Activities of Daily Living
    27. Treatment of Cognitive-Perceptual Deficits: A Function-Based Approach 
    28. Seating and Wheeled Mobility Prescription
    29. Managing Speech and Language Deficits after Stroke
    30. Dysphagia Management
    31. Home Evaluation and Modifications

    Electronic Chapters
    32. How Therapists Think: Exploring Therapists’ Reasoning When Working with Patients Who Have Cognitive and Perceptual Problems Following Stroke
    33. A Survivor’s Perspective II: Stroke

  • Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA, Associate Director and Associate Professor, Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Occupational Therapy), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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