Abstract: In this chapter, pathological conditions, body system problems (impairment), activity limitations, and intervention strategies for patients with hemiplegia from stroke are reviewed. Although hemiplegia from neurovascular pathological conditions is…
Objectives After reading this chapter the student or therapist will be able to: 1. Describe the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and mechanisms of injury of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. 2….
Abstract: The rehabilitation clinician serves many different populations, including patients with brain tumors. Despite the prognosis for limited survival associated with primary brain tumors, these individuals have shown progress in…
Abstract: This chapter aims to provide a holistic view of the management of the chronic problems of individuals with nervous system impairments, with consideration given to the effects of aging…
Abstract: Concussion is one of the most common neurological conditions in the world. Due to the frequency at which individuals sustain concussions and the detrimental effect concussion can have on…
Abstract: This chapter discusses human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: living with a chronic illness. In this chapter, readers will understand how the involvement of various systems (immune, integumentary, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary,…
Abstract: This chapter focuses on the effect of drug therapy on patients receiving neurological rehabilitation. First, the chapter discusses what the body does to a drug (pharmacokinetics), followed by what…
Abstract: In learning to cope with the often chronic nature of their conditions, individuals with neurological disease, not unlike individuals with health conditions of other systems, learn to rely on…
Abstract: In this chapter, discussion of two different diseases reveals the varied effects of neuromuscular pathology on a person’s day-to-day function. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset degenerative disease…
Abstract: This chapter reviews the critical components of evaluation, examination, and intervention based on the physiology of the vestibular system and the connection to the peripheral and central nervous system….
