Book Info.

This text provides rehabilitation students a thorough introduction of vestibular disorders and is a comprehensive resource for clinicians treating patients with vestibular dysfunction.

This edition includes seven new chapters that cover a wider range of problems than those associated with only clearly defined vestibular deficits. They include the management of migraine-related dizziness and vertigo and the management of patients with complaints of dizziness who have normal vestibular function.

FEATURES

Examines the latest in theory, research, and clinical practice relating to rehabilitation of patients with disorders of the vestibular system
Emphasizes the assessment of patients with vestibular disorders and the development of different treatments
Contains chapters on vestibular anatomy and physiology, vestibular adaptation, and the role of the vestibular system in postural control
Provides information necessary to enable clinicians to make appropriate decisions about the use of exercise for patients with vestibular lesions
Reviews surgical, pharmacological, and optical methods of treatment and the management of system disorders related to migraine
Contains chapters on testing, assessment, and exercise and other rehabilitation strategies for each major type of dysfunction
Includes a chapter on vestibular deficits in children
Uses case studies to integrate the information from chapter to chapter and foster the development of problem-solving skills

Section 1: Fundamentals
1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Normal Vestibular System
2. Role of the Vestibular System in Postural Control
3. Postural Abnormalities in Vestibular Disorders
4. Vestibular Adaptation
5. Vestibular System Disorders
Section 2: Medical Assessment
6. Quantitative Vestibular Function Tests and the Clinical Examination
7. Clinical Changes in Vestibular Function with Time after Unilateral Vestibular Loss
8. Otolith Function Tests
9. Audiological Assessment and Management
Section 3: Medical Management
10. Pharmacological and Optical Methods of Treating Vestibular Disorders and Nystagmus
11. Surgical Management of Vestibular Disorders
12. Assessment and Management of Central Vestibular Disorders
13. Diagnosis and Management of Neuro-Otological Disorders Due to Migraine
14. Psychological Problems and the Dizzy Patient
Section 4: Rehabilitation Assessment and Management
15. Physical Therapy Assessment of Vestibular Hypofunction
16. Disability in Vestibular Disorders
17. Treatment of Vestibular Hypofunction
18. Assessment and Treatment of Complete Vestibular Loss
19. Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
20. Vestibular Rehabilitation of the Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury
21. Cervical Vertigo
22. Management of the Elderly Person with Vestibular Dysfunction
23. Treatment of Patients with Nonvestibular Dizziness and Disequilibrium
24. Evaluation and Treatment of Vestibular and Postural Control Deficits in Children
25. Physical Therapy Diagnosis for Vestibular Disorders