Stroke rehabilitation: a function-based approach

Learn to confidently manage the growing number of stroke rehabilitation clients with Gillen's Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach, 4th Edition. Using a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, this text remains the only comprehensive, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation resource for occupational therapists. The new edition has been extensively updated with the latest information, along with more evidence-based research added to every chapter. As with previous editions, this comprehensive reference uses an application-based method that integrates background medical information, s.

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Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Evolve page; Stroke Rehabilitation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table Of Contents; 1 Foundations of Stroke Rehabilitation; 1 Pathophysiology, Medical Management, and Acute Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors; Chapter Objectives; Key Terms; Prevalence and Impact of Stroke; Epidemiology of Stroke; Pathogenesis and Pathology of Stroke; Definition and Description of Stroke Syndromes; Stroke.; Transient Ischemic Attack.; Ischemic Stroke; Embolic Stroke.; Sources of Emboli; Cardiac Sources.; Vascular Sources.

Paradoxical Sources. Unknown Sources.; Thrombotic Stroke; Pathophysiology.; Atherothrombotic Disease.; Lacunar Syndrome.; Hemorrhagic Conversion.; Hemorrhagic Stroke; Hypertensive Bleed.; Lobar Intracerebral Bleed.; Saccular Aneurysm and Subarachnoid Bleed.; Arteriovenous Malformation.; Posttraumatic Hemorrhagic Stroke.; Other Causes of Stroke and Strokelike Syndromes; Arterial and Medical Disease.; Strokelike Syndromes.; Cerebral Neoplasm.; Stroke Diagnosis; Cerebrovascular Imaging; Computed Axial Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

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