Up-to-the-minute drug therapies, medical and surgical options, and physical therapy evaluations and treatments for arthritis are featured in this useful new reference. Sufferers of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis--two of the most widely diagnosed articular disorders encountered by health care professionals--are often left disabled and require close medical supervision. The contributors to this timely book--a physical therapist, a physician, a surgeon, and a clinical pharmacist, all of whom work closely with arthritis patients--examine the pathology and clinical features of the disease as well as report on successful and innovative management techniques.

Written by a team of international experts in the field, this text presents a comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation of arthritic conditions. Psychosocial and life span developmental processes, epidemiology, pathology, medical management, and pharmacology are discussed from a physical therapy perspective. The principles of orthotics and splinting are also covered.

The complete, broad-ranging coverage and multidisciplinary approach inside Physical Rehabilitation in Arthritis make it an ideal resource for both clinicians and students of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Family and Physical Medicine Book jacket.

Finally, a text designed specifically for physical therapists to facilitate evidence-based practice in both the classroom and in the clinic. Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice provides readers with the information and tools needed to appreciate the philosophy, history, and value of evidence-based practice, understand what constitutes evidence, search efficiently for applicable evidence in the literature, evaluate the findings in the literature, and integrate the evidence with clinical judgement and individual patient preferences and values. This unique handbook combines the best elements of multiple texts into a single accessible guide. Divided into four sections that break down the research process, this user-friendly text also includes key terms, learning objectives, exercises, diagrams, worksheets, and useful appendices. This text is perfect for both physical therapists and students!

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefits: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. SSDI provides disability benefits to people (under the full retirement age) who are no longer able to work because of a disabling medical condition. SSI provides income assistance for disabled, blind, and aged people who have limited income and resources regardless of their prior participation in the labor force. Both programs share a common disability determination process administered by SSA and state agencies as well as a common definition of disability for adults: "the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months." Disabled workers might receive either SSDI benefits or SSI payments, or both, depending on their recent work history and current income and assets. Disabled workers might also receive benefits from other public programs such as workers' compensation, which insures against work-related illness or injuries occurring on the job, but those other programs have their own definitions and eligibility criteria. Selected Health Conditions and Likelihood of Improvement with Treatment identifies and defines the professionally accepted, standard measurements of outcomes improvement for medical conditions. This report also identifies specific, long-lasting medical conditions for adults in the categories of mental health disorders, cancers, and musculoskeletal disorders. Specifically, these conditions are disabling for a length of time, but typically don't result in permanently disabling limitations; are responsive to treatment; and after a specific length of time of treatment, improve to the point at which the conditions are no longer disabling.