Editors: Henk J. Stam (chief editor), Muzaffer Buyruk, John L. Melvin, Gerold Stucki, Irene Burggraaf (managing editor)

Contents

Chapter / Page              

 1 Introduction to Acute Medical Rehabilitation / 13

 2 Spinal Cord Injury / 19

 3 Stroke / 49

 4 Acquired Brain Injury / 75

 5 Upper Limb Amputation / 93

 6 Lower Limb Amputation /107

 7 Blast Related Trauma / 131

 8 Burns /149

 9 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type-I  / 173

10 Hip Fracture / 183

11 Brachial Plexus Lesions / 203

12 Myocardial Infarction / 217

13 Multitrauma  /  231

14 Cardiac Transplantation  /   251

15 Renal, Pulmonary and Hepatic Transplantation /  269

16 Trauma of Hand and Wrist  / 311

17 Low Back Pain  /   341

18 Heterotopic Ossification / 358

19 Contractures  /  371

20 Venous Thromboembolic Events /  377

21 Neurobehavioural Disorders / 411

22 Pressure Ulcers / 419

23 Critical Care Settings / 433

24 Bedside Cognitive Assessment /  447

25 Prehabilitation: exercise therapy before major surgery / 455

26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome; a patient’s perspective / 473

 

List of Authors

Cynthia D. Ang-Muňoz, MD, FPARM Manilla Doctors Hospital Philippines Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH John Alexander Downey Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine New York Presbyterian Medical Center, Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine New York, USA Coen van Bennekom, PhD, MD Rehabilitation Centre Heliomare, Acquired Brain Injury Department Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands Bipin Bhakta, BSc, MD, FRCP Charterhouse Professor of Rehabilitation/Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation Medicine/Specialty Lead in Rehabilitation Medicine Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Leeds, United Kingdom Peter R.G. Brink, PhD, MD Professor of Surgery, especially in Traumatology Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands Helena Burger, MD, PhD Professor University Rehabilitation Institute, Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia H.Muzaffer Buyruk, MD, PhD Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands VitalMed Bodrum Rehabilitation Services, Bodrum, Turkey David X. Cifu, MD National Director, PM&R Program Office Department of Veterans Affairs Chairman and Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA Mahesh Cirasanambati, MRCS Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine North Staffordshire Rehabilitation Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Karsten E. Dreinhöfer, MD Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medical Park Berlin Humboldtmühle, Berlin, Germany Jaap .J. Dronkers, MSc Gelderse Vallei Hospital Ede, The Netherlands Wagih S. El Marsi(y), FRCS ED, FRCP Professor, RJ & AH Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry, United Kingdom     Peter C. Esselman, MD, MPT Professor and Chair University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Seattle, USA Leah Farrel-Carnahan, PhD Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Research Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Hospital: Richmond, Virginia, USA Affiliate Faculty, Department of PM&R Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA Veronika Fialka-Moser, MD, PhD Medical University of Vienna, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria Manfred Frey, MD, PhD Medical University of Vienna, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vienna, Austria Jan H.B. Geertzen, MD, PhD Professor, University Medical Center Groningen Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands Alexander C.H. Geurts, MD, PhD Professor, Rehabilitation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Martina Grim-Stieger, MD Wilheminenspital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria Bea Hemmen, MD, PhD Maastricht University Medical Centre, Rehabilitation Medicine Maastricht, The Netherlands Malvina Herceg, MD Medical University of Vienna, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria Mascha Hohenadel, MD Department of Musculoskeletal Prevention, Rehabilitation and Health Services Research Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery at Charité Universitätsmedizin and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Brian M. Kelly, D.O. Associate Professor, Medical Director, Adult Rehabilitation Medicine University of Michigan Health System, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Ann Arbor, USA Helmut Kern, MD, PhD Wilheminenspital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria Friedbert Kohler, MBBS, FAFRM Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Braeside Hospital, Locked Bag 82, Wetherill Park, NSW, 2164 Australia     Michel H. Koops, MSc Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist Rijndam Rehabilitation Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Naveen Kumar, M B B S, D’ORTH, DNB (ORTH), MRCS Ed & FEBPRM Consultant in Spinal Injuries & Rehabilitation Medicine RJ & AH Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Oswestry, United Kingdom Annette A.A. van Kuijk, MD, PhD Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Rehabilitation (898) Nijmegen, The Netherlands Gert Kwakkel, MD, PhD Professor, VU University Medical Center Rehabilitation Medicine Amsterdam, The Netherlands Barbara J. de Lateur, MD, MS Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor and Director Emerita; Distinguished Service Professor, The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Baltimore, USA Angela McNamara, MB, BCH, BAO, FRCPI, FRCP, FEBPRM, ABPMR National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Shane McNamee, MD Chief (assistant professor), Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Hospital: Richmond, Virginia Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA Jetty van Meeteren, MD, PhD Department of Rehabilitation Medicine & Physical Therapy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Rory J. O’Connor, MD MEd FRCP FHEA Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation Medicine Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom Bryan O’Young, MD Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine Brooklyn, USA Tatjana Paternostro-Sluga, MD, PhD Medical University of Vienna, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vienna, Austria Roberto S.G.M. Perez, PhD, PT Associate professor Pain, Pain Therapy and Palliative Care research VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands   Susan Pieri-Davies, MCSP; MSc; PGCILTH Consultant AHP / Lead Clinician Ventilatory Support Southport and Formby District General Hospital Southport, United Kingdom Rosemary Prosser, MSc, BAppSc(phty), CHT Sydney Hand Therapy and Rehabilitation Centre Australia, Sydney, Australia Gerard M. Ribbers, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Rotterdam Neurorehabilitation Research Rijndam Rehabilitation Centre & Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands James Sanderlin, MDD Senior Resident Physician, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Ton A.R. Schreuders, PT, PhD Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Zeeuws Hand & Pols Centrum, Goes, The Netherlands Wendy S. Shore, PhD Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Baltimore, USA Henk J. Stam, MD, PhD, FRCP Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine & Physical Therapy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Karin Valkenet, MSc University Medical Center Utrecht Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Sport Utrecht, The Netherlands Luc Vandenbossche, MD, PhD Ghent University Hospital Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Gent, Belgium Guy Vanderstraeten, MD, PhD, FRCP Dean of the Faculty and Professor in Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium Ghent University, Gent, Belgium Anne J.M.A. Visser-Meily, MD, PhD University Medical Centre Utrecht Rehabilitation, Nursing Science & Sports Utrecht, The Netherlands Anthony B. Ward, BSc, MD, FRCPEd, FRCP Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine/Director North Staffordshire Rehabilitation Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Mark A. Young, MD, MBA, FACP The Maryland Rehabilitation Centre The Johns Hopkins University White Marsh, USA

 

Preface

Rehabilitation covers the consequences of a broad range of diseases, surgical interventions, trauma and congenital disorders.

Most textbooks focus on the subacute phase and chronic phase of rehabilitation. However, in the acute phase it is important to determine long-term prognosis of functional level and accordingly to plan the next phase in the rehabilitation process. The definition of acute rehabilitation is the process of rehabilitative treatment that occurs within the first days and weeks after injury or illness.

According to the UN convention (2006- Article 25 and 26) health structures should provide those health services needed by persons with disabilities specifically because of their disabilities, including early identification and intervention as appropriate, and services designed to minimise and prevent further disabilities, including among children and older persons. To that end, Contracting Parties should organise, strengthen and extend comprehensive rehabilitation and rehabilitation services and programmes, particularly in the areas of health, employment, education and social services, in such a way that these services and programmes begin at the earliest possible stage, and are based on the multidisciplinary assessment of individual needs and strengths.

Furthermore, in the acute phase many complications threaten the recovery of the patients and delay rehabilitation considerably. This book covers this acute phase and is written for physicians, but also for nurses and therapists involved in acute rehabilitation. The publication of this international textbook, dedicated to the first days and weeks of rehabilitation, is an important step in the development of our specialty of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.

It will hopefully contribute to the cooperation between all professionals involved in the management of acute patients. Also this book will be of importance for teaching medical students and residents in PRM. As president of the European Academy of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, and as past president of the European Federation of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, I strongly recommend this book and I would like to congratulate the editors and authors on their impressive efforts.

Guy Vanderstraeten

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