Surgical Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb in Tetraplegia

Part i. Background and patient evaluation

1 History of Surgical Rehabilitation
2 Anatomy of the Cervical Spine and Cord
3 Trauma to the Cervical Spinal Cord
4 Immediate Post-Injury and Early Rehabilitation Periods
5 The Tetraplegic Patient and The Environment
6 Upper Limb Evaluation in the Stabilizing Patient

Part ii Surgical and nonsurgical rehabilitation of upper
extremity function

7 Classifying the Surgical Candidate
8 Indications for Performing Surgical Rehabilitation
9 General Principles of Tendon Transfers, Tenodeses and Fusions
10 Surgical Rehabilitation of Active Elbow Extension
11 Surgical Rehabilitation for the Very Weakest (IC Group 0)
Patients
12 Surgical Rehabilitation of Key Pinch by Tenodesis (IC Groups
1-2)
13 Functional Rehabilitation for the Stronger (IC Groups 3,4,5)
Patients
14 Rehabilitation For The Strongest (IC Group 6) Patients
15 Surgical Rehabilitation of Refined Hand Function in the
Strongest Tetraplegic Patient (IC Groups 7,8,9)
16 Surgical Rehabilitation for the Unusual, Incompletely Injured
or Pediatric Age Tetraplegic Patient (IC Group X)
17 Upper Limb Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation
18 Assessing Post-treatment Improvement in Upper Limb Function
in the Tetraplegic Patient - Evaluating Function

Appendices

Index