Rehabilitation Medicine Books

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1. Designing Telehealth for an Aging Population: A Human Factors Perspective

   By Neil Charness, George Demiris, Elizabeth Krupinski

   Providing up-to-date, practical advice on how to design, select, and structure telemedicine interventions with older adults, this book discusses the age-related changes that can affect the efficacy of these systems. It defines best practices and general guidelines for telemedicine use with older...

   July 2011 | 978-1-4398252-9-7 | Paperback (CRC Press)

2. Sports Biomechanics: Reducing Injury and Improving Performance, 2nd Edition

   By Roger Bartlett

   When working with athletes and sports people the biomechanist is faced with two apparently incompatible goals: preventing injury and improving performance. Now in a fully updated and revised edition, Sports Biomechanics introduces the fundamental principles that underpin our understanding of the...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-55838-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Neurobotics Handbook

   Edited by Yoky Matsuoka

   Neurobiotics is a fast emerging field that seeks to understand, rehabilitate, assist, and enhance sensory, motor, or cognitive disabilities by intimately coupling the robotic system with the nervous system. Providing an introduction and current perspective on neurobiotics, this timely work draws on...

   June 2011 | 978-1-4398117-3-3 | Hardback (CRC Press)

4. Clinical Skills for Exercise Science

   By Paul D. Bromley

   Clinical Skills for Exercise Science is an accessible and authoritative ‘how to’ guide to laboratory and clinical procedures in exercise physiology. Designed for students and practitioners working in health, medicine and exercise science, the book offers clear, practical advice on how to implement...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-48159-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Pediatric Life Care Planning and Case Management, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Susan Riddick-Grisham, Laura Deming

   The life care plan is a dynamic document that provides an organized plan for the current and future needs of individuals with chronic health care needs. It can serve as a roadmap for the families, caregivers, therapists, physicians, and others involved with the ongoing care of a special needs...

   February 2011 | 978-1-4398035-8-5 | Hardback (CRC Press)

6. Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach

   Edited by John Saxton

   It is now widely accepted that there are important links between inactivity and chronic lifestyle-related diseases, and that exercise can bring tangible therapeutic benefits to people with chronic disease. Exercise and Chronic Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach offers the most up-to-date survey...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-49861-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Pediatric Rehabilitation Engineering: From Disability to Possibility

   Edited by Tom Chau, Jillian Fairley

   Written by international experts, this book provides an up-to-date synopsis of advances in pediatric rehabilitation engineering research. Offering a single comprehensive resource on the latest research findings, each chapter presents a different area of technology or the developments of particular...

   December 2010 | 978-1-4398084-2-9 | Hardback (CRC Press)

8. Vision Rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury

   Edited by Penelope S. Suter, Lisa H. Harvey

   Providing all of the necessary information required to provide post-acute vision rehabilitative care following brain injury, this multidisciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice and presents clinical information and scientific literature supporting the diagnostic and therapeutic...

   November 2010 | 978-1-4398365-5-2 | Hardback (CRC Press)
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   Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Case Management, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

   Edited by Mark J. Ashley

   Since the bestselling second edition was published almost a decade ago, the field of brain injury treatment has undergone tremendous change, largely impacting access to treatment. But, while the healthcare marketplace has evolved, the needs of brain injury victims remain the same. With updated and...

   May 2010 | 978-1-4200719-4-8 | Hardback (CRC Press)

10. Approaches to Substance Abuse and Addiction in Education Communities: A Guide to Practices that Support Recovery in Adolescents and Young Adults

    Edited by Jeffrey Roth, Andrew Finch

    This book is designed to increase the awareness among mental health professionals and educators about the potential sources of support for students struggling with substance abuse, addiction and compulsive behaviors. The book includes a description of the scope of the problem of substance abuse in...

    January 2010 | 978-0-7890-3697-1 | Paperback (Routledge)