*immediately available upon purchase as print book shipments may be delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis. Casebook of Orthopedic Rehabilitation. David Ip Casebook of Orthopedic Rehabilitation Including Virtual Reality With 74 Figures and 1 Table 123. This book is a companion text to Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment, and Enablement by the same author, but can be used independently.Section 1 serves to illustrate through real-life examples the rehabilitation ideas and principles taught in the companion text, ranging from conditions seen daily by the orthopedic surgeon or primary care physician like knee and hip osteoarthritis or plantar fasciitis; through more challenging conditions like hamstring injury rehabilitation or heterotrophic ossification; to recent paradigm shifts in the management of osteoporosis and new technologies like vertebral fracture assessment using state-of-the-art DXA machines, hypergravity stimulation therapy, and many more.In Section 2, the author introduces the reader to the vast number of applications of computers in orthopedic surgery, with special emphasis on the emerging importance of virtual reality in all aspects of orthopedics, ranging from pre-operative planning, pre-operative surgical practice on virtual patients, and virtual wayfinding and navigation; through intra-operative virtual bone structure modeling to enhance accuracy; to, most importantly, post-operative or non-operative rehabilitation of orthopedic conditions using these new computer techniques. Springer Book Archives: eBooks only 8.99 each! Authors: The book ends by stressing the importance of telerehabilitation, an increasingly important tool for ensuring that even patients living in remote rural areas can have the chance to participate in rehabilitation guided by a therapist through the use of a virtual environment and teleconferencing.New Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry Machines (iDXA) and Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA)Pages 3-9Hyper-gravity Stimulation TherapyPages 11-15Lady Having Difficulty in Controlling the Computer MousePages 17-20Whiplash-associated Neck DisabilitiesPages 21-29Sizable Cartilage Defect in a Professional FootballerPages 31-35Functional Knee Complaints in a Child with Cerebral PalsyPages 37-40Hamstrings Injuries in a Professional SprinterPages 41-48Was it Simply Tachycardia or Something More Sinister?Pages 49-51A Lady with Intractable Heel PainPages 53-57Hip Swelling after Combined TBI and SCIPages 59-65Consultation for a Third Opinion on Bone HealthPages 67-70Was It Really Another Case of “Tennis Elbow”?Pages 71-73A Patient Requesting an “Oxford Uni” for his knee OAPages 75-78Bisphosphonates and Peri-prosthetic OsteolysisPages 79-83A Young Engineer with Disabling Sciatic PainPages 85-91The “Wonder Drug” GlucosaminePages 93-97Hyaluronan for Knee OA, Facts Vs. MythsPages 99-101High Heels WoesPages 103-109Silent Bone Loss and Vitamin D InsufficiencyPages 111-117A Professor Suffering from OA Knee PainPages 119-127New Physical Sign in Carpal Tunnel SyndromePages 129-132KinesiophobiaPages 133-137Breakthrough Fracture While on BisphosphonatesPages 139-147Can Back Pain Be Predicted?Pages 149-152Enthusiasm for “Non-fusion Technology” for Discogenic Back PainPages 153-161Extra Busy Banker Troubled by Subacute Back Pain, Yet No Time for PhysiotherapyPages 163-169Metal-on-Metal Hip Surface ReplacementPages 171-176A Young Lady with AVN after SARSPages 177-182An Athlete Going for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Little Time for Rehabilitation Pages 183-189The Office Lady with Neck, Shoulder, Arm, and Back PainPages 191-196Bone Health and Space TravelPages 197-200Crouch GaitPages 201-207Non-healing Diabetes Mellitus Heel UlcerPages 209-213Cervical Disc ReplacementPages 215-220Intractable Lateral EpicondylitisPages 221-228Chronic LBP in a Laborer Whose Job Requires Repeated LiftingPages 229-236Stiffness after Flexor Tendon RepairPages 237-242Postpartum Sacroiliac Joint PainPages 243-247Use of Smart Materials in OrthopedicsPages 249-254General IntroductionPages 257-273Real Life ApplicationsPages 275-302

Get this from a library! This book is a companion text to Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment, and Enablement by the same author, but can be used independently.Section 1 serves to illustrate through real-life examples the rehabilitation ideas and principles taught in the companion text, ranging from conditions seen daily by the orthopedic surgeon or primary care physician like knee and hip osteoarthritis or plantar fasciitis; through more challenging conditions like hamstring injury rehabilitation or heterotrophic ossification; to recent paradigm shifts in the management of osteoporosis and new technologies like vertebral fracture assessment using state-of-the-art DXA machines, hypergravity stimulation therapy, and many more.In Section 2, the author introduces the reader to the vast number of applications of computers in orthopedic surgery, with special emphasis on the emerging importance of virtual reality in all aspects of orthopedics, ranging from pre-operative planning, pre-operative surgical practice on virtual patients, and virtual wayfinding and navigation; through intra-operative virtual bone structure modeling to enhance accuracy; to, most importantly, post-operative or non-operative rehabilitation of orthopedic conditions using these new computer techniques.