Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets

I. PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION ESSENTIALS
What is Physiatry?
Person-Centered Rehabilitation: Interdisciplinary Intervention
to Enhance Patient Enablement
Functional Assessment for Outcome Analysis
Research Concepts in PM&R
Nervous System Anatomy
Physiology of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems
Anatomy & Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System

II. CARING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Communication Strategies For Rehabilitation Professionals:
Disability, Etiquette, and Empowerment
Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Visual Impairment or
Blindness
Rehabilitation Strategies in the Hearing Impaired
Sexual Satisfaction Despite Disablement
Environmental Adaptations
Legislative Issues in the Field of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation

III. THE REHABILITATION EVALUATION
The Physiatric Consultation: Interdisciplinary Intervention and
Functional Restoration
Neurologic Evaluation of the Rehabilitation Patient
Manual Muscle Testing and Range of Motion Measurement
Analysis of Gait & Kinesiology
Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient
Impairment Evaluation and Disability Rating

IV. ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FUNDAMENTALS
General Principles of Electrodiagnosis
Radiculopathies
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and/or Median Neuropathy at the Wrist
Entrapment Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
Electrophysiology of Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission
Sensory and Motor Evoked Potentials

V. REHABILITATION OF ORGAN-BASED SYSTEMS
Stroke
Multiple Sclerosis
Movement Disorders
Traumatic Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Motor Neuron Disease
Frontiers and Fundamentals of Neurorehabilitation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Peripheral Vascular Disease Rehabilitation

VI. MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
Neck pain
Low Back Pain
The Shoulder: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis
Rehabilitation of Shoulder Disorders
The Elbow: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis
Rehabilitation of the Elbow
The Wrist & Hand: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis
Rehabilitation of Wrist & Hand Disorders
The Hip: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis
Rehabilitation of Hip Disorders
The Knee: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis
Rehabilitation of the Knee Disorders
The Ankle and Foot: Anatomy, Pathology, and Diagnosis
Rehabilitation of Foot and Ankle Disorders
Management of Fractures
Rehabilitation of Soft Tissue and Musculoskeletal Injury

VII. REHABILITATION AFTER SYSTEMIC DISEASE AND INJURY
Rehabilitation of the Transplant Patient
Rehabilitation in Chronic Renal Failure and End-Stage Renal
Disease
Cancer Rehabilitation: General Principles
Rehabilitation of the Individual with HIV and AIDS
Rehabilitative Management of Rheumatic Diseases
Burn Rehabilitation

VIII. CHRONIC PAIN
Pain Management (Patil, Guarino, Staats)
Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia (Fisher, Cassius, Imamura)
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (O'Young, Slaten)

IX. REHABILITATION IN SPORTS AND THE ARTS
Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation of the Performing Artist

X. REHABILITATION AND INDUSTRY
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
Occupational Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker

XI. PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION
General Pediatric Rehabilitation
Developmental Milestones
Cerebral Palsy
Neural Tube Defects

XII. MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS IN REHABILITATION
Common Medical Problems on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Hazards of Immobilization: Preventing the Adverse Effects of
Bed
Metabolic Bone Disease
Heterotopic Ossification
Pressure Ulcers
Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction: Evaluation and Adaptive
Management
Urologic Disorders in Rehabilitation
Communication and Swallowing Impairments

XIII. GENERAL THERAPEUTICS
Therapeutic Exercise
Nutrition and Dietary Issues in Rehabilitation
Pharmacological Agen