Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Traumatic Brain Injury, 2d ed.Rehabilitation of the Adult and Child with Traumatic Brain injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury and is one of two subsets of acquired brain , ed 2 Edited by Rosenthal M, Griffith ER. Philadelphia, PA 19103, FA Davis Co, 1990, hardback, 652 pp, illus, $82 This text is a timely revision of a book published in 1983. The editors note that, since the initial publication of this text almost a decade ago, the "silent epidemic" of traumatic brain injury has gained a number of important voices (including two new textbooks on rehabilitation of head injury, two new pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. head trauma texts, increased advocacy by the National Head Injury Foundation, and coordinated research funding Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of both "hard" science and technology and social science. The term often connotes funding obtained through a competitive process, in which potential research projects are evaluated and . in spite of these advances, however, a comprehensive work covering the full range of disabilities caused by brain injury in adults and children has not been published. The editors intended to fill that void with this book and have done so admirably. Drawing on the talents of a broad range of rehabilitation professionals from the United States and the United Kingdom, the editors assembled an informative overview of current practice in the assessment and rehabilitation of individuals with brain injury and in the management of social ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of brain injury at home, at school, and at work. Although physical therapy practitioners who have had more than minimal exposure to the treatment of individuals with brain injury will find the chapters on physical therapy and occupational therapy management well-written but cursory, readers from other professional disciplines might find these chapters very informative as fairly elaborate outlines of what physical therapists and occupational therapists provide when evaluating and treating such patients). Conversely, physical therapists and occupational therapists may gain new knowledge from the equally elaborate outlines presented in the chapters on medical assessment and management, neuropsychological assessment, outcome prediction, neurologic and psychiatric sequelae sequelae Clinical medicine The consequences of a particular condition or therapeutic intervention , sexuality and sexual dysfunction sexual dysfunction Inability to experience arousal or achieve sexual satisfaction under ordinary circumstances, as a result of psychological or physiological problems. , and effects of brain injury on the family system. I recommend this well-organized and well-written book to any physical therapy practitioners seeking a comprehensive overview of the rehabilitation management of individuals with traumatic brain injury. James J Solon Solon, Athenian statesman Solon (sō`lən), c.639–c.559 B.C., Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (perhaps c.600 B.C. Fort Wayne, Ind |
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