Management of spinal cord injuries : a guide for physiotherapists /: a guide for physiotherapists. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lisa Harvey ; foreword by William H. Donovan.
• Other Names: Ph. D, Harvey, Lisa
• Contents: The bare essentials -- Background information -- A framework for physiotherapy management -- Understanding how people with paralysis perform motor tasks -- Transfers and bed mobility of people with lower limb paralysis -- Wheelchair mobility -- Hand function of people with tetraplegia -- Standing and walking with lower limb paralysis -- Management of impairments -- Training motor tasks -- Strength training -- Contracture management -- Pain management -- Respiratory management -- Cardiovascular fitness training -- Environmental factors -- Wheelchair seating -- The way forward -- Evidence-based physiotherapy.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 617.4/82044; Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries -- Physical therapy; Physical therapists; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Fysiotherapie; Dwarslaesie; Paraplegie; Quadriplegie; Spinal Cord Injuries -- physiopathology; Spinal Cord Injuries -- rehabilitation; Physical Therapy Modalities; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702036156; 0702036153
• Related ISBNs: 9780443068584; 0443068585
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.