Extensively illustrated and easy to use, this practical resource offers clear guidelines and step-by-step sequences for moving and working with individuals with differing levels of paralysis. It serves as both an ideal student textbook and a valuable clinical manual for therapists who see tetraplegic and paraplegic patients. Clear, practical, concise chapters present important information in an easily understandable approach. Spiral-bound format enables the book to lay flat for easy reference in the clinical setting or classroom. Excellent coverage of wheelchairs and wheelchair management is included.

1. Spinal Cord Injury -- 2. Physiological Effects and Their Initial Management -- 3. Patient-Centred Practice -- 4. The Acute Lesion -- 5. Respiratory Therapy -- 6. Pressure ₆ Effects and Prevention -- 7. Initial Physical Re-Education -- 8. Personal Independence -- 9. The Bio-Mechanical Principles Used in Transferring -- 10. Basic Functional Movements -- 11. Wheelchairs and Wheelchair Management -- 12. Transfers -- 13. Gait Training -- 14. Ultra-High Lesions -- 15. The Incomplete Spinal Lesion -- 16. Spinal Cord Injury in Children -- 17. Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury -- 18.Complications -- 19. Sport in Rehabilitation -- Appendix 1. Standard Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury -- Appendix 2. Functional Independence Measure (FIM) -- Appendix 3. Spinal Cord Independence Measure -- Appendix 4. Major Segmental Innervation of the Muscles of the Upper Limb -- Appendix 5. Major segmental innervation of the muscles of the lower limb. -- Appendix 6. Functional Independence -- Appendix 7. Segmental Innervation of the Skin -- Appendix 8. Useful Addresses and Equipment Suppliers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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