Chapter 6 Rehabilitation After Landmine Injury

Chapter 6 Rehabilitation of the Injured Combatant Vol 1 Traumatic Brain Injury

INTRODUCTION NOMENCLATURE EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGNOSTICATION ISSUES MECHANISMS OF NEURAL RECOVERY ADVANCES IN CLINICAL TREATMENT: POSTACUTE PHARMACOTHERAPY NEUROMEDICAL ISSUES ADVANCES IN FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT MODEL SYSTEMS CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CURRENT ISSUES IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE SOLDIER WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOME, ASSESSMENT, AND INTERVENTION ...

Rehabilitation of landmine victims--the ultimate challenge.

Antipersonnel landmines are often used indiscriminately and frequently result in injury or death of non-combatants. In the last 65 years, over 110 million mines have been spread throughout the world into an estimated 70 countries. Landmine victims use a disproportionately high amount of medical resources; the vast majority of incidents occur in regions and countries without a sophisticated medi...

Interdisciplinary rehabilitation after whiplash injury

Whiplash injury associated disorders (WAD) cause high costs for public health care. Neck pain is number 16 on the global prevalence lists for the 50 most common sequelae. It is of importance to obtain long-term data on disability and working capacity outcomes after rehabilitation. Long-term prospective data of the outcome course of whiplash are sparse. The aim of this study was to quantify impr...

Rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury.

Head injury is a common disabling condition but regrettably facilities for rehabilitation are sparse. There is now increasing evidence of the efficacy of a comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation team compared to natural recovery following brain injury. This chapter outlines some basic concepts of rehabilitation and emphasises the importance of valid and reliable outcome measures. The ev...

Chapter 5 Rehabilitation of the Injured Combatant Vol 1 Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation