Health professionals' guide to physical management of Parkinson's disease / Miriam P. Boelen.

By: Boelen, Miriam PMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2009Description: xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 27 cmContent type: ISBN: 9780736074926 (hard cover); 0736074929 (hard cover)Subject(s): Parkinson's disease -- Physical therapy | Parkinson's disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation | Parkinson Disease -- therapy | Physical Therapy ModalitiesDDC classification: 616.833 LOC classification: RC382 | .B57 2009
Contents:
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 .footwear
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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
.footwear

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