Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART I

PROMOTING FUNCTION: CONCEPTUAL ELEMENTS

1

Chapter 1

Framework for Clinical Decision-Making   Susan B. O’sullivan, PT, EDD

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Chapter 2

Interventions to Improve Motor Control and Motor Learning   Susan B. O’sullivan, PT, EDD

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PART II

INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE FUNCTION

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Chapter 3

Interventions to Improve Bed Mobility and Early Trunk Control   Thomas J. Schmitz, PT, PHD

45

Chapter 4

Interventions to Improve Sitting and Sitting Balance Skills   Susan B. O’sullivan, PT, EDD

97

Chapter 5

Interventions to Improve Kneeling and Half-Kneeling Control   Thomas J. Schmitz, PT, PHD

120

Chapter 6

Interventions to Improve Transfers and Wheelchair Skills   Giorge D. Fulk, PT, PHD

138

Chapter 7

Interventions to Improve Standing Control and Standing Balance Skills   Susan B. O’sullivan, PT, EDD

163

Chapter 8

Inventions to Improve Locomotor Skills   Thomas J. Schmitz, PT, PHD

194

Chapter 9

Interventions to Improve Upper Extremity Skills   Sharon A. Gutman, PHD, OTR Marianne H. Mortera, PHD, OTR

216

Chapter 10

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy   David M. Morris, PT, PHD Edward Taub, PHD

232

PART III

CASE STUDIES

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Case Study 1

Traumatic Brain Injury   Temple T. Cowden, PT, MPT

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Case Study 2

Traumatic Brain Injury: Balance and Locomotor Training   Heidi Roth, PT, MSPT, NCS, and Jason Barbas, PT, MPT, NCS

257

Case Study 3

Spinal Cord Injury: Locomotor Training   Elisabeth Ardolino, PT, MS, Elizabeth Watson, PT, DPT, NCS, Andrea L. Behrman, PT, PHD, Susan Harkema, PHD, and Mary Schmidt-Read, PT, DPT, MS

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Case Study 4

Spinal Cord Injury   Darrell Musick, PT, and Laura S. Wehrli, PT, DPT, ATP

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Case Study 5

Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction   Joann Moriarty-Baron, PT, DPT

278

Case Study 6

Parkinson’s Disease   Edward W. Bezkor, FT, DPT, MTC

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Case Study 7

Spinal Cord Injury   Paula Ackerman, MS, OTR/L, Myrtice Atrice, PT, BS, Teresa Foy, BS, OTR/L, Sarah Morrison, PT, BS, Polly Hopkins, MOTR/L, and Shari Mcdowell, PT, BS

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Case Study 8

Stroke: Home Care Rehabilitation   Lynn Wong, PT, DPT, MS, GCS

293

Case Study 9

Stroke: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy   David M. Morris, PT, PHD, Sony A.L. Pearson, PT, DPT, and Edward Taub, Phd

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Case Study 10

Stroke   Lauren Snowdon, PT, DPT, ATP

318

Appendix A

Outcome Measures Organized by the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICI) Categories

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Index

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