Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for the Patient with Dizziness and Balance Disorders
by Marian Girardi, Ph.D.
(ISBN 0-9767593-8-1)
Every clinician who deals with patients who have dizziness and balance disorders will find this book to be an invaluable aid not only in the diagnosis of dizziness and balance disorders, but in the treatment of those conditions as well.
Features include:
- A brief summary of the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
- How to identify the patient with vestibular problems
- Assessment tools for vestibular diagnosis
- Risk and safety factors for falls
- An overview of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)
- VRT treatment protocols
- Eye, head and body exercises to both improve balance and gait and then maintain them throughout life
22 reproducible patient handouts that include exercises and easy to follow procedures your patients can use to continue their therapy at home (copyright has been waived on the patient handouts so they may be freely reproduced and distributed to your patients. The 22 patient handout pages are perforated to facilitate removal from the book for copying.)
This is the one reference work that everyone who is interested in diagnosing dizziness and balance disorders or providing effective treatment for those conditions should have.
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