Rehabilitation Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine
Included in this section:
Amputation : Detailed information on amputation, including causes and types of rehabilitation programs for amputations
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Arthritis : Detailed information on arthritis, including types, symptoms, and diagnosis
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Assistive Equipment for the Home : Detailed information on the most common types of assistive equipment for the home, including wheelchairs, entry ramps, bath mats, and canes
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Brain Injury, Acquired : Detailed information on acquired brain injury, including types, causes, and rehabilitation
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Brain Tumors : Detailed information on brain tumors, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, types, and treatment
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Burns : Detailed information on burns, burn types, classification of burns, and burn treatment
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Cancer Rehabilitation : Detailed information on cancer rehabilitation, including members of the rehabilitation team
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Cardiac Rehabilitation : Detailed information on a cardiac rehabilitation program, including cardiac rehab goals and objectives and members of a cardiac rehab team
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Chaplain : Detailed information on the chaplain, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Choosing a Rehabilitation Unit / CARF : Detailed information on choosing a rehabilitation unit
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease : Detailed information on chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, including asthma, chronic bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema
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Chronic Pain : Detailed information on chronic pain, including causes, types, symptoms, and treatment
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Clinical Social Worker : Detailed information on the clinical social worker, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Cystic Fibrosis : Detailed information on cystic fibrosis, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and genetics
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Disability Statistics : Statistics relating to disability
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Dupuytren's Contracture : Detailed information on Dupuytren's contracture, including causes, facts, symptoms, and treatment
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Exercise: Before Starting an Exercise Program : Detailed information on finding the right exercise program and the right preparation
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Exercise: Before Starting an Exercise Program : Detailed information on starting an exercise program to lower your risk of heart disease
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Exercise: Designing a Cardiac Exercise Program : Detailed information on starting an exercise program to lower your risk of heart disease
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Exercise: The Right Program and the Right Preparation : Detailed information on finding the right exercise program and the right preparation
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Fall Prevention : Detailed information on preventing falls in children and the elderly
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Foot Pain and Problems : Detailed information on foot pain and the most common types of foot problems, including heel spurs, corns, bunions, Morton's neuroma, hammertoes, ankle sprain, and foot fractures
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Frostbite : Detailed information on frostbite, including symptoms and what to do if frostbite occurs
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Gastric Bypass (Malabsorptive) Surgery : Detailed information on gastric bypass surgery, including the reasons and preparation for the procedure, how the procedure is performed, after care, anatomical illustration of the digestive system, and an illustration of a gastric bypass procedure
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome : Detailed information on Guillain-Barre syndrome, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Hand Deformities, Congenital : Detailed information on the most common types of congenital hand deformities, including radial clubhand, ulnar clubhand, simple syndactyly, complex syndactyly, polydactyly, and congenital constriction band syndrome
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Hand Surgery: Recovery : Detailed information on recovering from hand surgery
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Head Injuries : Detailed information on head injury, including causes, symptoms, types, diagnosis, and treatment
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Heart Disease Statistics : Statistics profiling the occurrence of heart disease
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Hip Fractures : Detailed information about hip fracture, including types of hip fracture, who is affected by hip fracture, why a hip fracture is so serious, causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and prevention, including 2 anatomical illustrations of the hip and hip fracture
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Hip Problems : Detailed information on the most common types of hip problems, including arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, bursitis, trochanteric bursa, ischial bursa, and hip pointer
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Hip Replacement : Detailed information on hip replacement surgery
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Household Safety : Detailed information on creating and following a household safety checklist
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Inhalers and Nebulizers : Detailed information on Hand-Held Nebulizer Treatments
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Joint Anatomy : Detailed anatomical description of a human joint, including simple definitions and labeled, full-color illustrations
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Joint Replacement Surgery : Detailed information on joint replacement surgery
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Ligament Injuries to the Knee : Detailed information on the most common ligament injuries to the knee
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Low Back Pain : Detailed information on low back pain, including cause, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
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Lumbar Disc Disease : Detailed information on lumbar disc disease, including cause, symptom, diagnosis, and treatment
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Lymphedema Following a Mastectomy : Detailed information on lymphedema, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Massage : Detailed information on massage therapy as a form of alternative therapy
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) : Detailed information on multiple sclerosis, including causes, symptoms, evaluation procedures, treatment, and rehabilitation
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Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation : Detailed information on multiple sclerosis, including causes, symptoms, evaluation procedures, treatment, and rehabilitation
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Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation : Detailed information on musculoskeletal rehabilitation, including members of the rehabilitation team
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Myasthenia Gravis : Detailed information on myasthenia gravis and pregnancy
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Myopathy : Myopathy
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Nervous System Disorders: Overview : Detailed information on nervous system disorders, including symptoms and physicians who treat nervous system disorders
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Neurological Disorder Tests : Detailed information on the most common diagnostic procedures for neurological disorders
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Neurological Rehabilitation : Detailed information on neurological rehabilitation, including the treatment team and rehabilitation program
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Neuropathy : Neuropathy
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Obesity: Surgical Treatment Overview : Diabetes, obesity treatment, obesity surgical treatment, obesity gastric bypass surgery, malabsorptive surgery, gastric stapling surgery, restrictive surgery
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Occupational Lung Diseases : Detailed information on occupational lung diseases diagnoses, occupational lung diseases treatment
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Occupational Therapist : Detailed information on the occupational therapist, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Orthopaedics and the Orthopaedic Team : Detailed information on members of the orthopaedic treatment team
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Orthopaedic Surgery Online Resources : List of online resources to find additional information on orthopaedics
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Orthopedic Evaluation Procedures : Detailed information on orthopaedic evaluation procedures
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Orthotist and Prosthetist : Detailed information on the orthotist and prosthetist, potential members of the rehabilitation team
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Osteomyelitis : Detailed information on osteomyelitis, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Osteoporosis : Detailed information on osteoporosis, including symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment
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Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy : Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy
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Overuse Injuries in Children : Detailed information on overuse injuries in children, including jumper's knee, patellar tendonitis, little leaguers' elbow, little leaguers' shoulder, osteochondritis dissecans, sever's disease, shin splints, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease, spondylolist
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Paget's Disease of the Bone : Detailed information on Paget's disease of the bone, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Parkinson's Disease : Detailed information on Parkinson's disease, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medication, and surgery
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Pelvis Problems : Detailed information on the most common pelvis problems, including pelvic fractures and osteitis pubis
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Physiatrist : Detailed information on the physiatrist, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Overview : Detailed information on physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Physical Therapist : Detailed information on the physical therapist, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Polio (Poliomyelitis) : Detailed information on poliomyelitis, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
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Primary Pulmonary Hypertension : Detailed information on primary pulmonary hypertension, primary pulmonary hypertension causes, primary pulmonary hypertension diagnosis, primary pulmonary hypertension treatment
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Psychologist, Neuropsychologist, and Psychiatrist : Detailed information on the psychologist, neuropsychologist, and psychiatrist, potential members of the rehabilitation team
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation : Detailed information on pulmonary rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation goals
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Recreation Therapist : Detailed information on the recreational therapist, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Rehabilitation: Community Re-Entry : Detailed information on rehabilitation discharge and community re-entry
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Rehabilitation: Effects on the Family : Detailed information on the effects of rehabilitation on the family
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Rehabilitation: Patient and Family : Detailed information on patients and families as members of the rehabilitation team
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Rehabilitation and the Registered Dietitian : Detailed information on the registered dietitian, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Rehabilitation Areas : Detailed information on the most common types of rehabilitation, including cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, cancer rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and neurological rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation Case Manager : Detailed information on the rehabilitation case manager, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Rehabilitation for Back and Neck Pain : Detailed information on back and neck pain, including causes, prevention, and rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation Medicine: Conditions Commonly Treated : Detailed information on the conditions most commonly treated by physical medicine and rehabilitation, including acquired brain injury, arthritis, burns, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic pain, back pain, neck pain, multiple sclerosis, spinal
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Rehabilitation Medicine Glossary : Glossary of terms relating to physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation Medicine Online Resources : List of online resources to find additional information on physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation Medicine Overview : Detailed information on physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation Nurse : Detailed information on the rehabilitation nurse, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Repetitive Motion Injury : Detailed information on repetitive motion injuries and rehabilitation
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Respiratory Therapist : Detailed information on the respiratory therapist, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Risks of Physical Inactivity : Detailed information on starting an exercise program to lower your risk of heart disease
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Rotator Cuff Injury : Detailed information on rotator cuff injury, including diagnosis and treatment
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Sciatica : Detailed information on sciatica, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Shoulder Dislocation : Detailed information on shoulder dislocation, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Shoulder Tendonitis : Detailed information on shoulder tendonitis, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Speech / Language Pathologist : Detailed information on the speech and language pathologist, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Speech Milestones : Detailed information on speech milestones for children
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Spine, Shoulder, and Pelvis Facts : Detailed anatomical description of the spine, shoulder, and pelvis, including full-color, labeled illustrations
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Spine, Shoulder, and Pelvis Glossary : Glossary of terms relating to disorders of the spine, shoulder, and pelvis
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Spine, Shoulder, and Pelvis Online Resources : List of online resources to find additional information on spine, shoulder, and pelvis disorders
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Spine, Shoulder, and Pelvis Physicians : Detailed information on the physicians and specialists that treat disorders of the spine, shoulder, and pelvis
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Sports Injuries: Prevention : Detailed information on preventing sports injuries
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Sports Injuries Overview : Detailed information on the most common types of sports injuries, including soft-tissue injuries, contusions (bruises), sprains, strains, lumbar strain (weight lifter's back), patellar tendonitis (jumper's knee), patellofemoral stress syndrome (runner's knee)
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Sports Injury Prevention : Detailed information on preventing sports injuries
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Sports Safety : Detailed information on sports safety
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Stroke Evaluation Procedures : Detailed information on stroke, also called brain attack, including stroke diagnosis
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Stroke Rehabilitation : Detailed information on stroke, also called brain attack, including stroke rehabilitation
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Temporomandibular Joint Disorders : Detailed information on temporomandibular disorder, including causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Torticollis (Wryneck) : Detailed information on torticollis (wryneck), including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Vocational Counselor : Detailed information on the vocational counselor, one potential member of the rehabilitation team
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Whiplash Injury : Detailed information on whiplash, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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