Tetraplegia and paraplegia: a guide for physiotherapists

Copyright......Page 2
Contributors......Page 3
Preface – 6th edition......Page 4
CHAPTER 1 - Spinal cord injury......Page 6
CHAPTER 2 - Physiological effects and their initial management......Page 17
CHAPTER 3 - Patient-centred practice......Page 34
CHAPTER 4 - The acute lesion......Page 43
CHAPTER 5 - Respiratory therapy......Page 55
CHAPTER 6 - Pressure – effects and prevention......Page 75
CHAPTER 7 - Initial physical re-education......Page 97
CHAPTER 8 - Personal independence......Page 113
CHAPTER 9 - The biomechanical principles used in transferring......Page 131
CHAPTER 10 - Basic functional movements......Page 136
CHAPTER 11 - Wheelchairs and wheelchair management......Page 150
CHAPTER 12 - Transfers......Page 185
CHAPTER 13 - Gait training......Page 215
CHAPTER 14 - Ultra-high lesions......Page 259
CHAPTER 15 - The incomplete spinal lesion......Page 272
CHAPTER 16 - Spinal cord injury in children......Page 318
CHAPTER 17 - Ageing with spinal cord injury......Page 344
CHAPTER 18 - Complications......Page 352
CHAPTER 19 - Sport in rehabilitation......Page 372
APPENDIX 1 - ASIA scale (a): Standard neurological classification of spinal cord injury......Page 384
APPENDIX 2 - ASIA Scale (b): Functional Independence Measure and impairment scale......Page 387
APPENDIX 3 - SCIM – Spinal Cord Independence Measure......Page 388
APPENDIX 4 - Major segmental innervation of the muscles of the upper limb......Page 392
APPENDIX 5 - Major segmental innervation of the muscles of the lower limb......Page 393
APPENDIX 6 - Functional independence......Page 394
APPENDIX 7 - Segmental innervation of the skin......Page 395
APPENDIX 8 - Useful addresses and equipment suppliers......Page 397
Further reading......Page 401
Subject Index......Page 402