Published August, 2009
By Malcolm MacLachlan and Leslie Swartz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Featuring reports from low- and middle-income countries as diverse as Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, and Papua New Guinea, this book situates disability rights within the broader context of global health and the need for greater inter-sector collaboration.

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Published June, 2009
By Jeffrey Palmer and Jeffrey B. Palmer
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
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Rehabilitation of impaired swallowing, also known as dysphagia, is a major area of rehabilitation. Dysphagia affects about half of all people with stroke, and many other individuals with neurological disorders, head and neck cancer, and muscle disease. This book describes scientific basis of swallowing and dysphagia.

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Published June, 2009
By Sue Raine, Linzi Meadows, Mary Lynch-Ellerington and L Meadows
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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* covers the theoretical underpinning of the Bobath Concept / Neuro-Developmental Therapy * presents a holistic, 24-hour approach to motor learning theories * focuses on efficient movement to maximise function * forges links between theory and clinical practice * illustrated throughout.

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Published June, 2009
By Anatomical Chart Company
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Designed as a tool to help sports medicine practitioners and therapists explain anatomical and sports injury concepts to their patients and clients, this chart provides an overview of normal knee anatomy and common injuries and showcases 11 images which illustrate the mechanisms of knee injuries in the context of a human figure playing sports.

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Published June, 2009
By Ingrid Soderback and Ingrid Soederback
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Resources for rehabilitation specialists tend to follow a straight line: injury - disability - limitation - intervention. This handbook describes interventions in such areas as environmental accessibility, ergonomics, pain management, sensory functional training, electric prostheses, music therapy, psychoeducation, and cognitive teaching.

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Published June, 2009
By Luise Lutz, Martina Hielscher-Fastabend and Inga Ortmann-Röpke
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Published June, 2009
By Fong Chan, Julie A. Chronister and Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso
Publisher: Springer (Springer Publishing Co Inc)
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Covers some of the important issues in the adjustment process of persons with disabilities and chronic illness, including stigma, societal attitudes, and sexuality. This title includes chapters that explore psychosocial adjustment within the context of positive psychology, psychiatric rehabilitation, and persons with substance abuse issues.

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Published June, 2009
By Anatomical Chart Company
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Designed as a tool to help sports medicine practitioners and therapists explain anatomical and sports injury concepts to their patients and clients, this chart provides an overview of normal knee anatomy and common injuries and showcases 11 images which illustrate the mechanisms of knee injuries in the context of a human figure playing sports.

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Published June, 2009
By Barbara A. Wilson, Fergus Gracey, Jonathan J. Evans and Andrew Bateman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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An integrated approach to brain injury rehabilitation from an interdisciplinary team. Describes the holistic programme devised and adopted at the world famous Oliver Zangwill Centre, embracing a broad theoretical base which incorporates a variety of frameworks, theories and models. Includes real case examples and reviews the outcomes measured and achieved.

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Published May, 2009
By Adrian Cristian and Brian Greenwald
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
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Fatigue is a common complaint in people living with physical disabilities. This book covers physiology, assessment, presentation and treatment of fatigue in adults with various disorders such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, rheumatological disorders, and cardiopulmonary disorders.

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