Vestibular rehabilitation /

Susan Herdman delivers information about the management of patients with vestibular disorders in her updated 3rd edition text. With an increased emphasis on evidence-based practice, PT students and practitioners will more clearly understand the scientific basis for successful treatment and readily r...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Herdman, Susan
Format: Software eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, ©2007.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:Contemporary perspectives in rehabilitation (Series)
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Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. Fundamentals. Anatomy and physiology of the normal vestibular system / Timothy C. Hain, Janet O. Helminski
  • Vestibular adaptation / David S. Zee
  • Role of the vestibular system in postural control / Fay B. Horak
  • Postural abnormalities in vestibular disorders / Emily A. Keshner
  • Vestibular compensation: clinical changes in vestibular function with time after unilateral vestibular loss / Ian S. Curthoys and G. Michael Halmagyi
  • Vestibular system disorders / Michael Fetter
  • Sect. 2. Medical assessment and vestibular function tests. History and clinical examination / Ronald J. Tusa
  • Vestibular function tests / Ronald J. Tusa
  • Otolith function tests / G. Michael Halmagyi and Ian S. Curthoys
  • Auditory examination / Sharon Polensek
  • Sect. 3. Medical and surgical management. Pharmacological and optical methods of treatment for vestibular disorders and nystagmus / R. John Leigh
  • Migraine, Ménière's and motion sensitivity / Ronald J. Tusa.
  • Therapy for Mal de Débarquement syndrome / Timothy C. Hain, Janet O. Helminski
  • Surgical management of vestibular disorders / Douglas E. Mattox
  • Psychological problems and the dizzy patient / Ronald J. Tusa
  • Sect. 4. Rehabilitation assessment and management. Physical therapy diagnosis for vestibular disorders / Susan J. Herdman
  • Physical therapy management of benign positional vertigo / Susan J. Herdman, Ronald J. Tusa
  • Differential diagnosis: mimicking BPPV / Ronald J. Tusa
  • Compensatory strategies for vetibulo-ocular hypofunction / Michael C. Schubert
  • Physical therapy assessment of vestibular hypofunction / Susan L. Whitney, Susan J. Herdman
  • Interventions for the patient with vestibular hypofunction / Ssan J. Herdman, Susan L. Whitney
  • Assessment and interventions for the patient with complete vestibular loss / Susan J. Herdman, Richard A. Clendaniel
  • Management of the pediatric patient with vestibular hypofunction / Rose Marie Rine.
  • Management of the elderly person with vestibular hypofunction / Susan L. Whitney, Gregory F. Marchetti
  • Disability in vestibular disorders / Helen S. Cohen
  • Assessment and management of disorders affecting central vestibular pathways / Marianne Dieterich, Thomas Brandt
  • Non-vestibular dizziness and imbalance: from disuse disequilibrium to central degenerative disorders / Ronald J. Tusa
  • Assessment and management of the patient with traumatic brain injury and vestibular dysfunction / Anne Shumway-Cook
  • Non-vestibular dizziness and imbalance: suggestions for patients with migraine and Mal de Débarquement / Neil T. Shepard, Annamarie Asher
  • Non-vestibular diagnosis and imbalance: cervicogenic dizziness / Richard A. Clendaniel, Robert Landel.