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Physical Rehabilitation Laboratory Manual: Focus on Functional Training
O'Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ. Philadelphia, PA 19103, FA Davis Co, 1998, paperback, 388 pp, illus, $22.
This book has been designed for use as a laboratory manual in rehabilitation courses, especially those courses that focus on the treatment of patients with neurologic conditions. The book's intended audience is professional physical therapist students. Because few laboratory, manuals for courses in neurological rehabilitation are available, faculty members may welcome this new textbook. This text will also be useful to practicing clinicians who wish to upgrade their skills because of the changing focus of neurological rehabilitation and the recent demands for a functional outcomes orientation.
This textbook focuses specifically on treatment and assumes prior knowledge of diagnosis, clinical symptomatology, disease progression, medical treatments, prognosis, and recovery. It presents an integrated treatment model that emphasizes functional outcomes through specific functional training activities and techniques. Traditional remediation and compensatory interventions...