Main description:

This book is a companion text to Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment, and Enablement by the same author, but can be used independently. Through real life examples, it illustrates the rehabilitation ideas and principles taught in the companion text, ranging from conditions seen daily by the orthopedic surgeon or primary care physician to more challenging conditions. It also covers newer paradigm shifts in the management of osteoporosis and new technologies. In addition, the book highlights the uses of the computers and virtual reality in the field of orthopedic surgery. Coverage ends by stressing the importance of tele-rehabilitation.

Contents:

Section I.- New Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry Machines (iDXA) and Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA).- Hyper-gravity Stimulation Therapy.- Lady Having Difficulty in Controlling the Computer Mouse.- Whiplash-associated Neck Disabilities.- Sizable Cartilage Defect in a Professional Footballer.- Functional Knee Complaints in a Child with Cerebral Palsy.- Hamstrings Injuries in a Professional Sprinter.- Was it Simply Tachycardia or Something More Sinister?.- A Lady with Intractable Heel Pain.- Hip Swelling after Combined TBI and SCI.- Consultation for a Third Opinion on Bone Health.- Was It Really Another Case of "Tennis Elbow"?.- A Patient Requesting an "Oxford Uni" for his knee OA.- Bisphosphonates and Peri-prosthetic Osteolysis.- A Young Engineer with Disabling Sciatic Pain.- The "Wonder Drug" Glucosamine.- Hyaluronan for Knee OA, Facts Vs. Myths.- High Heels Woes.- Silent Bone Loss and Vitamin D Insufficiency.- A Professor Suffering from OA Knee Pain.- New Physical Sign in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.- Kinesiophobia.- Breakthrough Fracture While on Bisphosphonates.- Can Back Pain Be Predicted?.- Enthusiasm for "Non-fusion Technology" for Discogenic Back Pain.- Extra Busy Banker Troubled by Subacute Back Pain, Yet No Time for Physiotherapy.- Metal-on-Metal Hip Surface Replacement.- A Young Lady with AVN after SARS.- An Athlete Going for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Little Time for Rehabilitation.- The Office Lady with Neck, Shoulder, Arm, and Back Pain.- Bone Health and Space Travel.- Crouch Gait.- Non-healing Diabetes Mellitus Heel Ulcer.- Cervical Disc Replacement.- Intractable Lateral Epicondylitis.- Chronic LBP in a Laborer Whose Job Requires Repeated Lifting.- Stiffness after Flexor Tendon Repair.- Postpartum Sacroiliac Joint Pain.- Use of Smart Materials in Orthopedics.- Section II.- General Introduction.- Real Life Applications.