Health professionals' guide to physical management of Parkinson's disease /

Boelen, Miriam P.

Health professionals' guide to physical management of Parkinson's disease / Miriam P. Boelen. - Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2009. - xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Parkinson's disease and its physical management -- Medical and surgical interventions -- Exercise and rehabilitation considerations -- Equipping caregivers -- Postural variations and dystonia -- Tremors -- Postural instability -- Balance evaluation -- Chair transfers -- Bed mobility -- Floor transfers -- Gait deviations and instability -- Compensatory strategies for gait interventions -- Freezing -- Turning while ambulating -- Walkers, canes, and
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9780736074926 (hard cover) 0736074929 (hard cover)

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Parkinson's disease--Physical therapy.
Parkinson's disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Parkinson Disease--therapy.
Physical Therapy Modalities.

RC382 / .B57 2009

616.833 / BMH

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