Epistemis

Physiatry — Rehabilitation in Special Populations

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Manual de referencia médica que aborda la restauración funcional de pacientes vulnerables. Incluye desde la neurorehabilitación infantil y el paciente geriátrico frágil, hasta las estrategias terapéuticas para sobrevivientes de cáncer, amputados de alta complejidad, quemados críticos y lesiones medulares severas.

What it covers

  1. Introduction and Fundamentals of Rehabilitation Medicine
  2. · The CIF Conceptual Model in Physiatry
  3. Physiology of Aging and Geriatric Rehabilitation
  4. · Sarcopenia, Dynapenia and Frailty: Physiopathological Criteria
  5. · Post-Hip Fracture Rehabilitation Protocol and Arthroplasties
  6. Pediatric Neurorehabilitation
  7. · Cerebral Palsy (CP): GMFCS Functional Classification
  8. · Management of Focal and Generalized Spasticity
  9. · Rehabilitation in Spina Bifida and Myelomeningocele
  10. Rehabilitation of the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
  11. · The ASIA International Classification (AIS)
  12. · Pathophysiology of Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD)
  13. · Management of the Bladder and Neurogenic Bowel
  14. Rehabilitation in Acquired Brain Injury
  15. · Clinical Basis of Hemiplegia and Painful Shoulder
  16. · Cognitive and Behavioral Rehabilitation Strategies
  17. Oncological Rehabilitation
  18. · Clinical Management of Post-Mastectomy Lymphedema
  19. · Exercise Prescription with Bone Metastases: Mirels Score
  20. Rehabilitation of Amputees and Prosthetic Orthoses
  21. · Stump Conditioning and Phantom Limb Pain
  22. · Biomechanics of Prosthetic Gait and Common Deviations
  23. Rehabilitation of the Burn Patient
  24. · Contraction Prevention and Positioning Map
  25. · Treatment and Modeling of Hypertrophic Scars
  26. Complex Cardio-pulmonary Rehabilitation
  27. · Medical Prescription for Cardiac Exercise by METs
  28. · Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD and Ventilatory Weaning
  29. Advanced Rheumatological Rehabilitation
  30. · Clinical Strategies in Spondyloarthropathies and Inflammatory Arthritis
  31. Scales and Functional Clinical Evaluation
  32. · Compendium of Standardized Measurement Scales
  33. Physiatric Interventionism and Pain Control
  34. · Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Guided Botulinum Toxin
  35. Applied Technology: Advanced Robotics and Orthoses
  36. · Robotic-Assisted Gait Reeducation and Exoskeletons
  37. · Biomechanics of Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFO)
  38. Clinical Correlations and Decision Algorithms
  39. · Clinical Case 1: Multifocal Spasticity in Cerebral Palsy
  40. · Clinical Case 2: Rehabilitation in Complete Spinal Cord Injury T4 ASIA A

The complete study guide is in the app

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Subject
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
40
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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