Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Clinical Reference for Physiatrists and Residents with Evidence-Based Evaluation, Treatment, and Functional Recovery Across All PM&R Subspecialties

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Clinical Reference for Physiatrists and Residents is a 50-chapter textbook covering the full scope of PM&R at a level appropriate for residents, practicing physiatrists, and allied rehabilitation professionals.The book is organized into five sections:Section 1 covers the foundations of physiatric practice, including the physiatric examination, the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, the ICF framework, impairment rating, occupational medicine, and quality and safety in rehabilitation. Section 2 addresses electrodiagnostic medicine, covering nerve conduction studies, needle electromyography, and psychological assessment.Section 3 presents rehabilitation technologies and therapeutic interventions, including upper and lower limb prosthetics, orthoses, wheelchair and seating systems, assistive technology, therapeutic exercise, manual therapy, physical agent modalities, and dysphagia rehabilitation.Section 4 covers common clinical problems in rehabilitation such as neurogenic bladder, neurogenic bowel, spasticity, chronic pain, pressure injury prevention, burns, vascular disease, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.Section 5 provides diagnosis-specific chapters on cancer rehabilitation, geriatrics, rheumatological disorders, spine disorders, osteoporosis, sports medicine, motor neuron disease, peripheral nerve disorders, myopathic conditions, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury.Every chapter integrates clinical content with structured pedagogical features. Each chapter includes a Clinical Pearl, an Evidence-Based Medicine box citing landmark trials and authoritative guidelines, a step-by-step Treatment Algorithm, a Patient Safety Alert, and a Pharmacology Summary Table covering drug names, dosing, monitoring, and clinical cautions.The content reflects guideline updates from 2024, 2025 and 2026, including NICE NG236, the VA/DoD 2024 Stroke Rehabilitation CPG, the EAN 2024 ALS guideline, INCOG 2.0 TBI cognitive rehabilitation guidelines, the SPARX trial evidence on exercise in Parkinson disease, the GBD 2021 spinal cord injury epidemiology report, and the 2024 systematic review of epidural spinal cord stimulation covering 64 studies and 306 patients.The back matter includes a glossary of PM&R terminology, a references section organized by chapter, and appendices covering functional assessment scales, outcome measures, rehabilitation algorithms, and a drug reference table.This textbook is written and formatted for practical clinical use, with labeled figures and illustrations positioned throughout the text to support visual learning.It is intended for PM&R residents preparing for board examinations, attending physiatrists seeking a current clinical reference, and allied health professionals including physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists who work within the rehabilitation team. Read more