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Rehabilitation of Central Nervous System Disorders
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Medical Rehabilitation
Pain-Neuromuscular Medicine Rehabilitation
Pediatric Rehabilitation
Essentials of Rehabilitation Practice and Science

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Rehabilitation of Central Nervous System Disorders

Musculoskeletal Medicine

Disorders of the Spine

Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
- Lumbar disc disorders
  - Annular tear
  - Discitis
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbosacral Orthoses
- Lumbar stenosis
- Lumbar spondylosis without myelopathy
- Lumbar zygapophyseal joint arthropathy
- Lumbar spondylolisthesis
  - Traumatic
  - Congenital
  - Pathologic
  - Degenerative
  - Isthmic
  - Lumbar Strain
- Lumbar compression fracture
  - Compression Fractures of the Spine
- Cauda equina syndrome/Conus medullaris syndrome
- Post-laminectomy pain
Sacral disorders
- Sacroiliac joint disorders
  - Inflammatory Arthritides
- Sacral insufficiency fractures
Coccygeal disorders
- Fractures/dislocations
- Coccygodynia
- Vestigial disc pain
Other spine disorders
- Spine infections
  - Vertebral osteomyelitis
  - Epidural abscess
  - Potts disease
- Scoliosis
- Neurogenic Scoliosis
- Scheuermann’s syndrome
- Ankylosing spondylitis
  - Inflammatory Arthritides
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
  - Inflammatory Arthritides
PM＆R spine treatments
- Core Strengthening
- Role of Manual Therapies in Musculoskeletal Disorders

Disorders of the Upper Limb

Shoulder
- Shoulder tendon and muscle injuries
  - Rotator cuff tears
  - Muscle tears of the upper limb
    1. Pectoralis
    2. Deltoid
    3. Biceps
- Shoulder fractures, separation/dislocation, and other soft tissue injuries
  - Greater tuberosity fractures
  - Acromioclavicular joint
    1. Sprain
    2. Separation
    3. Distal osteolysis of the clavicle
  - Labral tears
  - Shoulder instability, dysfunction and scapular dyskinesis
- Overuse and degenerative disorders
  - Rotator cuff tendinopathy and arthropathy
  - Calcific tendinopathy
  - Biceps tendinopathy
  - Shoulder bursopathies
    - Subdeltoid/subacromial
    - Subcoracoid/subscapular
  - Glenohumeral, acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular arthropathy
- Shoulder neuropathies
  - Brachial plexopathy
  - Suprascapular nerve entrapment
Elbow
- Acute elbow injuries and overuse disorders
  - Elbow and wrist fracture/dislocation
    1. Galeazzi
    2. Monteggia
    3. Radial head
    4. Humeroulnar
  - Ulnar collateral ligament
  - Radial colleteral and annular ligament
  - Apophysitis (Little league elbow)
    1. Elbow Pain in Little League Pitcher’s Elbow
    2. Tendinopathy
  - Humeroulnar osteoarthritis
  - Tedinopathies of the elbow
    1. Distal biceps
    2. Triceps
    3. Epicondylosis (medial)
    4. Epicondylosis (lateral) with and without nerve entrapment
    5. Olecranon bursitis
      1. Tendinopathy
- Other elbow disorders
  - Osteochronditis syndrome
  - Panner’s disease
  - Septic arthritis of the elbow
  - Elbow flexion contracture
  - Osteoid osteoma
  - Osteaosarcoma
- Elbow neuropathies
  - Pronator and anterior interosseus syndrome
  - Ulnar nerve mononeuropathy at the elbow
Wrist and Hand
- Wrist and hand overuse disorders and arthropathies
  - Wrist and hand overuse disorders and arthropathies
  - Intersection syndrome
  - Carpal metacarpal joint osteoarthritis
  - Radioulnar osteoarthriti
  - Rheumatoid arthritis affecting the hand
  - Psoriatic
  - Sjogren’s
  - Dupuytren contracture
  - Ganglion cyst
  - Trigger finger
  - Kienbock’s disease
  - de Quervain Tenosynovitis
  - Tendinopathy
  - Therapeutic Injection of Dextrose: Prolotherapy, Perineural Injection Therapy and Hydrodissection
- Neuropathies of the wrist and hand
  - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  - Superficial radial neuropathy
  - Posterior interosseus neuropathy
  - Radial nerve mononeuropathy
  - Ulnar nerve mononeuropathy at the wrist
- Sports and occupational injuries to the wrist and hand
  - Triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) injury
  - Ulnar collateral ligament injury
  - Stener lesion
  - Scapholunate dissociation
  - Fracture
    - Scaphoid
    - Bennett
    - Rolando
    - Boxer’s
  - Metacarpal bossing
  - Volar plate injury
  - Extensor mechanism tear (mallet finger)
  - Finger flexor tendon tear (jersey finger)
  - Skin laceration
  - Subungal hematoma

Disorders of the Lower Limb

Pelvis, hip, and thigh
- Anterior and medial hip sports, occupational, and musculoskeletal disorders
  - Sports medicine disorders of the hip: Anterior-Medial
  - Adductor strain
  - Hip flexor strain
  - Iliopsoas tendinopathy and bursopathy
  - Sports hernia
- Posterior and lateral hip sports, occupational, and musculoskeletal disorders
  - Sports Medicine Disorders of the Hip: Posterolateral
  - Gluteal tendinopathy
  - Iliotibial band syndrome
  - Snapping hip
  - Trochanteric bursitis
  - Piriformis syndrome
  - Proximal and mid-hamstring strain/tendon tear
- Hip and pelvic arthropathies and labral tears
  - Hip and pelvic arthropathies and labral tears
  - Hip osteoarthritis
  - Femoral acetabular syndrome
  - Osteitis pubis
  - Avascular necrosis
  - Hip labral tears
- Hip and pelvis neuropathies and plexopathies
  - Proximal lower extremity mononeuropathies
  - Lumbosacral plexopathy
  - Femoral
  - Obturator
  - Lateral femoral cutaneous
  - Sciatic
  - Pudendal neuropathy
- Other pelvic and hip disorders
  - Stress Fracture of the Hip
  - Pelvic floor dysfunction
    - Urge incontinence
    - Pelvic instability
    - Obturator internus
    - Levator ani
    - Legg Calve Perthe disease
    - Congenital hip dysplasia
Knee
- Meniscus injuries of the knee
- Cruciate ligament injuries
  - ACL Injury and Rehabilitation
  - Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries
- Medial and lateral collateral ligament injuries
- Knee osteoarthritis
  - Osteoarthritis
  - Knee Osteoarthritis
- Patellofemoral syndrome
- Knee overuse disorders
  - Quadriceps/patellar tendinopathy
  - Popliteus tendinopathy
  - Tendinopathy
  - Prepatellar bursitis
  - Pes anserine bursitis and tendinopathy
- Other knee soft tissue disorders
  - Quadriceps contusion
  - Posterolateral corner knee injuries
  - Baker’s cyst
  - Medial plica syndrome
- Other knee bone disorders
  - Osgood-Schlatter disease and Sinding-Larsen Johansson
  - Osteochondritis dessicans
  - Tibial stress fracture
  - Myositis ossificans of the knee
- Traumatic knee fracture
  - Patellar fracture
  - Segond fracture
  - Maisoneuve fracture
  - Patellar subluxation/dislocation
- Septic arthritis of the knee
- Knee neuropathies
  - Distal lower extremity mononeuropathies
  - Fibular
  - Peroneal
  - Saphenous
  - Tibial
- Tumors that may affect the knee
  - Osteoid osteoma
  - Osteosarcoma
  - Osteochondroma
  - Sarcoma
Ankle and foot
- Ankle and foot overuse disorders
  - Tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction
  - Retrocalcaneal and malleolar bursitis
  - Sever’s disease
  - Sinus-tarsi syndrome
  - Tendinopathy
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Chronic ankle instability
- Ankle and foot arthropathies
  - Ankle joint arthritis
  - Club Foot
  - Subtalar joint arthritis
  - Metatarsalgia and metatarsal phalangeal arthritis
  - Leg length discrepancy
- Ankle and foot neuropathies
  - Ankle and foot neuropathies & Entrapments
  - Tarsal tunnel syndrome and intrinsic neurologic foot disorders
  - Calcaneal and plantar neuropathy
  - Superficial peroneal neuropathy
  - Morton’s neuroma
- Ankle and foot soft tissue injuries and fractures
  - Adult Ankle Fractures (ankle and foot soft tissue injuries and fractures)
  - Achilles tear
  - High ankle sprain, syndesmotic injury
  - Stress fractures of the foot
  - Lisfranc joint injury
  - Spur fracture
  - Freiberg’s infraction
  - Eversion ankle injury/ankle sprain
    - Ankle Sprain
- Pes Planus
- Pes Cavus
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Gout and pseudogout

Gender-specific Disorders and Sports Medicine

Endocrine abnormalities affecting the musculoskeletal system
- Osteopenia and osteoporosis
  - Osteoporosis in Rehabilitation
  - Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Female athlete triad
- Late onset secondary hypogonadism
- Musculoskeletal disorders in pregnancy
  - Pregnant Athlete
- Sarcopenia
- Diabetic athlete
- Other sports medicine medical issues – other (e.g., dermatologic, gastrointestinal, renal, etc.)
- Single organ athlete
Sports injuries
- Stingers and Burners
- Lower limb exertional compartment syndrome
- The downed runner/collapsed athlete
  - Downed runner
- Other sports medicine injuries
  - Eye injuries
    1. Orbital fracture/blow out
    2. Corneal abrasions
    3. Retinal detachment
    4. Eyelid laceration
  - Dental injuries
    1. Broken tooth
    2. Tooth avulsion
    3. Oral laceration
- Skin – facial and hand lacerations
- Thermal regulation (hypo- and hyperthermia)
- Hydration Issues in the Athlete and Exercise Associated Hyponatremia
- Exercise induced anaphylaxis and angiodema
- Concussion
  - Sports Concussion
Cardiopulmonary issues in sports medicine
- Cardiac issues in sports medicine
- Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmias
- Mitral valve assessment
- Pulmonary issues in the athlete/Exercise induced asthma
- Special groups
Sports Medicine for Special Groups
- Down syndrome athlete
- Pregnant athlete
- Part 1 – Issues and management during pregnancy
  - Pregnant Athlete
- Part 2 – Post pregnancy issues including weight loss and post partum
  - Pregnancy related complications
- Shoulder problems/pain in the wheelchair athlete
- Altitude illness and prevention
- Injuries with higher incidence in female athletes
- Sources of plantar pain in sports
  - Plantar Fasciitis

Occupational and Industrial Rehabilitation Medicine

Risk factors and disability
- Return to work after MSK injury in the workplace: factors leading to timely return and risk factors for delayed return
Persistent disability: risk factors for non-improvement
Risk factors for occupation and industrial injuries
Functional rehabilitation
- Functional capacity examinations and impairment ratings
- Life care plans – composition and uses
- Occupational rehabilitation programs

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Medical Rehabilitation

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases

Cardiac diseases
Pulmonary disease
- Pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD)
- Pulmonary rehabilitation in intrinsic restrictive lung diseases
Pulmonary rehabilitation in neuromuscular and other extrinsic restrictive lung diseases
- Pulmonary rehabilitation before and after pulmonary transplantation
- Pulmonary rehabilitation after ventilatory failure
Prevention and rehabilitation of pulmonary aspiration
- Pulmonary issues in the athlete/Exercise induced asthma
Vascular disease
- Rehabilitation of, and the effects of exercise on peripheral arterial diseases
Venous disease
- Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
- Venous insufficiency: Rehabilitation management of venous stasis and postphlebitic syndrome
Lymphedema

Amputation and Wounds

Amputation
- Upper limb amputations
- Lower limb amputations
  - Epidemiology and Assessment
  - Peri-operative management
- Upper limb prosthetics
- Lower limb prosthetics
- Congenital Lower Limb Deficiency
- Congenital Upper Limb Deficiency
Wounds
- Pressure ulcer management in disorders of the CNS

Cancer, Organ Transplant and Immune-compromised Patients

Cancers
- Functional outcomes after rehabilitation of cancers
- Exercise effects and fatigue in cancer patients
Side effects of treatment (cancer surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy)
Neuromuscular complications of cancer
- Palliative care
Rehablitation of specific organ system cancers
- Breast cancer
- Brain tumor
  - Intracranial Neoplasms
- Bone tumor
- Lung cancer
- Rehabilitation management of prostate cancer
- Gastrointestinal malignancies
  - Pediatric spinal cord tumors
  - Rehabilitation management of hematologic malignancies and bone marrow transplant (adults and pediatrics)
Organ transplantation
- Liver
- Solid Organ Transplant Rehabilitation
- Kidney
- Mixed connective tissue (face and hand)

Polytrauma, Debility and Burns

Geriatric and Gender-specific Disorders

Geriatric rehabilitation
- Age-associated changes and biology of aging
Neurological consequences of aging
Sarcopenia and geriatric frailty and failure to thrive
- Geriatric Frailty
- Exercise in the elderly
Polypharmacy in the elderly
- Polypharmacy
- Delirium and dementia
Incontinence in the elderly
Fall Prevention in the Elderly
Hip fracture
Dizziness
Geriatric gait and balance disorders
Mood disorders in the elderly
- Caregiver education
Ethical issues: competency, end of life planning and resource allocation
Gender-specific disorders
- Pregnancy related complications

Special Topics including Obesity, Infectious Diseases, Vestibular Disorders and Endocrinopathies

Obesity
Gout and pseudogout
Endocrine abnormalities affecting the musculoskeletal system
Human Immune Virus
Rhabomyolysis
Spine infections
Hearing Impairment

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Pain / Neuromuscular Medicine Rehabilitation

Pain Medicine / Chronic Pain

Central and central nervous system pain states
- Post-stroke pain
  - Central Poststroke Pain
- Phantom Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Pain and Traumatic brain injury
  - Traumatic Brain Injury
Peripheral Pain Disorders
- Headache
  - Tension
  - Cervicogenic Headache
  - Postconcussion Headache
  - Migraine Headaches
  - Cluster
- Facial-oral pain
  - Trigeminal neuralgia
  - Temporal mandibular joint syndrome
- Spinal/paraspinal or cervical/thoracic/lumbosacral pain
  - Radiculopathy
  - Myofascial pain
  - Facet mediated pain
  - Sacro-iliac joint pain
    1. Inflammatory Arthritides
    2. Post-laminectomy pain
  - Discogenic pain
  - Chest wall pain syndrome
  - Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS)
- Abdominal and pelvic pain
  - Somatic Abdominal and Pelvic Pain
  - Visceral pain: pelvic disorders
    1. Differential diagnosis and treatment of visceral pain in the pelvis and abdomen
- Pelvic/perineal pain
- Limb pain: non-neuropathic
  - Vascular
    1. Ischemic
    2. Post-phlebitic
    3. Vascular thoracic outlet
      1. Thoracic outlet syndrome
    4. Compartment syndrome
  - Inflammatory Arthritides
  - Hemophilia and hemorrhagic arthropathy
  - Connective tissue
    1. Collagen vascular disease
      1. Inflammatory Arthritides
  - Congenital hip dysplasia
- Peripheral neuropathic pain
  - Acute herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia
  - Neuropathy
    1. Diabetic
      1. Diabetic neuropathy
    2. Metabolic
      1. Approach to peripheral polyneuropathy: evaluation and differential diagnosis
      2. Approach to peripheral polyneuropathy: treatment
      3. Toxic
      4. Alcoholic
      5. Human immune virus
      6. Small fiber
  - Peripheral nerve tumors
- Complex regional pain syndrome
  - Complex regional pain syndrome Part 1: Essentials of Assessment and Diagnosis
  - Complex regional pain syndrome Part 2: Management and Treatment
- Autonomically mediated pain/autonomic pain syndromes
- Painful medical diseases
  - Neurological diseases
  - Human immune virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
    1. Lyme Disease
    2. Porphyria
- Psychological pain components
- Somatiform disorders
  - Somatization disorder
  - Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Conversion disorder
- Psychological factors affecting physical disorders
  - Part 1: Evaluation and differential diagnosis
    1. Psychological diagnostic testing in pain disorders
    2. Depression
    3. Anxiety
    4. Hypochondrias
    5. Post-traumatic stress
    6. Munchaussen syndrome
    7. Malingering
  - Part 2: A general approach to treatment
    1. Psychological diagnostic testing in pain disorders
    2. Depression
    3. Anxiety
    4. Hypochondrias
    5. Post-traumatic stress
    6. Munchaussen syndrome
    7. Malingering

Neuromuscular Medicine

Clinical neuromuscular conditions
- Nerve root/radiculopathy
  - Electrodiagnosis of Radiculopathies (Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar)
- Anterior horn cell
- Neuromuscular junction
  - Electrodiagnostic Studies in Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
  - Myasthenia gravis
  - Congenital / Acquired
    1. Myasthenia Gravis
  - Neuromuscular Physiology
- Other neuromuscular disorders
  - Lambert-Eaton myathenic syndrome
  - Toxins
  - Infection (botulism)
    1. Neuromuscular Physiology
- Peripheral nerve
  - Plexus
    1. Brachial
      1. Brachial Plexopathy: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
      2. Traumatic
      3. Stingers and Burners
      4. Neoplastic/paraneoplastic
      5. Radiation
      6. Idiopathic
    2. Compressive/entrapment
      1. Compressive/entrapment
      2. Intrinsic compression
      3. Extrinsic compression
      4. Perioperative
    3. Immune mediated
      1. Parsonage-Turner
      2. Neuralgic amyotrophy
      3. Immune Mediated Brachial Plexopathy
      4. Pediatric Immune Mediated Brachial Plexopathy
    4. Lumbosacral plexopathy
      1. Lumbosacral plexopathy and sciatic neuropathy: differential diagnosis and treatment
      2. Traumatic
      3. Compressive/entrapment
      4. Immune mediated
      5. Neoplastic/paraneoplastic
      6. Neuromuscular Manifestations of Neoplasms and Paraneoplastic Syndromes
      7. Diabetic
      8. Radiation
      9. Idiopathic
  - Upper extremity peripheral nerve injuries
  - Upper extremity proximal mononeuropathies
    1. Accessory
    2. Long thoracic
    3. Axillary
    4. Suprascapular
    5. Musculocutaneous
    6. Median nerve mononeuropathies
  - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  - Ulnar nerve mononeuropathy
    1. Ulnar nerve mononeuropathy at the wrist
    2. Ulnar nerve mononeuropathy at the elbow
  - Radial nerve mononeuropathy
    1. Radial nerve mononeuropathy
    2. Humeral level
    3. Posterior interosseous syndrome
    4. Radial tunnel syndrome
  - Trunk
  - Lower extremity peripheral nerve injuries
  - Proximal lower extremity mononeuropathies
    1. Proximal lower extremity mononeuropathies
    2. Ilioinguinal
    3. Genitofemoral
    4. Iliohypograstric
    5. Lateral femoral cutaneous
    6. Femoral/saphenous
    7. Obturator
  - Distal lower extremity mononeuropathies
    1. Distal lower extremity mononeuropathies
    2. Tibial
    3. Main trunk
    4. Fibular (peroneal)
    5. Sural
    6. Superficial peroneal differential and diagnosis
    7. Tarsal tunnel syndrome and intrinsic neurologic foot disorders
  - Intrinsic nerve injuries in foot
    1. Tarsal tunnel
    2. Morton’s neuroma
    3. Medial plantar
    4. Lateral plantar
    5. Calcaneal nerve
  - Mononeuropathy multiplex
  - Generalized peripheral nerve disorders
    1. Inherited
      1. Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN)
    2. Autonomic peripheral nerve disorders
    3. Immune mediated
    4. Peripheral neuropathies associated with drugs and toxins
- Muscle
  - Dystrophies (adolescent and adult onset)
    1. Part 1: Adult and adolescent onset muscular dystrophies: evaluation and diagnosis
      1. Emery-Dreifuss
      2. Limb girdle
        
        Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
      3. Distal
      4. Facioscapulohumeral
        
        Adult and Geriatric Muscle Disease
      5. Scapuloperoneal
      6. Oculopharyngeal
    2. Part 2: Adult and adolescent onset muscular dystrophies: treatment
      1. Emery-Dreifuss
      2. Limb girdle
        
        Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
      3. Distal
      4. Facioscapulohumeral
        
        Adult and Geriatric Muscle Disease
      5. Scapuloperoneal
      6. Oculopharyngeal
    3. Myotonic dystrophy types
      1. Congenital
        
        Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
      2. Adult onset
        
        Myotonic Disorders of Muscle
  - Congenital myopathies
    1. Hereditary and sporadic inclusion body myositis
    2. Adult and Geriatric Muscle Disease
  - Metabolic myopathies
    1. Adult and Geriatric Muscle Disease
  - Mitochondrial myopathies
  - Inflammatory myopathies
    1. Dermatomyositis
    2. Polymyositis
    3. Inclusion body myositis
    4. Necrotizing myopathy
    5. Adult and Geriatric Muscle Disease
  - Myopathy associated with systemic disease
    1. Endocrine
    2. Adult and Geriatric Muscle Disease
    3. Critical illness
    4. Critical illness myopathy
  - Toxic myopathy
- Other genetic disorders
  - Arthrogryposis
Electrodiagnosis
- Nerve conduction studies
  - Nerve conduction velocities
- Needle electromyography
- Electrodiagnostic Studies in Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
- Special techniques in electrodiagnostic medicine
  - Special techniques in electrodiagnostic medicine
  - Single fiber electromyography
  - Autonomic testing
  - Quantitative methods in electromyography
- The electrodiagnostic consultation and report

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Pediatric Rehabilitation

Neurological Disorders

Central Neurological – Brain and Spinal Cord
- Congenital
  - Cerebral Palsy
  - Congenital vascular malformations
  - Other congenital metabolic CNS diseases
  - Leukodytrophies and hypothyroidism
- Acquired
  - Traumatic brain injury
    - Abuse
  - Vascular malformations of the brain and spine in children
  - Pediatric stroke
  - Pediatric immune mediated diseases
    - Multiple sclerosis (including transverse myelitis)
  - Pediatric CNS tumors
    - Pediatric spinal cord tumors
    - Pediatric Brain Tumor
- Pediatric neurodegenerative disorders
  - Pediatric neurodegenerative disorders
  - Toxin mediated encephalopathies
  - Freidreich’s ataxia
  - Mitochondrial cytopathy
  - Dystonias (except Torticollis)
- Neuro-Behavioral with somatic presentations
  - Neuro-Behavioral with somatic presentations
  - Conversion disorders
  - Munchausen’s (by proxy)
  - Malingering
- Central Neurological – Spinal Cord
  - Congenital
    - Spinal dysraphisms
    - Myelomeningocele
    - Other spinal dysaraphisms
      - Lipomeningocele
      - Diastermatomyelia
      - Caudal regression
      - Spinal bifida occulta
      - Pediatric syringomyelia
    - Genetic conditions
      - Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
    - Tethered cord syndrome
  - Acquired
    - Traumatic spinal cord injury
    - Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality
    - Immune mediated
      - Multiple sclerosis
      - Transverse myelitis
    - Vascular insult
    - Diseases of the anterior horn cell in childhood
      - Spinal muscular atrophy
      - Polio
      - Poliomyelitis/post-polio syndrome
      - Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Neuromuscular Disorders
- Peripheral nerve
  - Plexus
    - Immune mediated brachial plexopathy
      - Pediatric Immune Mediated Brachial Plexopathy
      - Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury
      - Acquired post-natally
      - Traumatic
      - Radiation induced
      - Radiation plexopathy
      - Immune mediated
      - Tumors
    - Lumbosacral brachial plexopathy including:
      - Traumatic
      - Immunce mediated
      - Radiation induced
      - Tumors
  - Nerve
    - Other causes of hereditary neuropathy including metabolic/pressure liability
      - Approach to peripheral polyneuropathy: evaluation and differential diagnosis
      - Approach to peripheral polyneuropathy: treatment
      - Hereditary sensory and/or motor neuropathies
      - Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
      - Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN)
      - Ataxia telangiectasia
    - Acquired
      - Immune mediated CNS and PNS pediatric diseases neuropathy
      - Acute Immune Related Neuropathies
      - Acute motor axonal neuropathy
      - AIDP/CIDP Part 1: Evaluation and Diagnosis
      - HIV in Children and Adolescents
      - Pediatric critical illness neuropathy
- Pediatric diseases of the neuromuscular junction
  - Toxic
    - Tetanus
    - Botulism
  - Myasthenic Syndromes
- Muscle disorders
  - Congenital
    - Dystrophies
      - Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
      - Fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
      - Congenital muscular dystrophy
      - Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
      - Part 1: Adult and adolescent onset muscular dystrophies: evaluation and diagnosis
      - Emery Driefuss muscular dystrophy
    - Congenital myopathies
      - Nemaline rod myopathy
      - Central core myopathy
    - Myotonic disorders
    - Metabolic myopathies
      - Pompe’s disease
      - McArdle’s disease
      - Camitine deficiency
      - Tumor-related
  - Acquired
    - Inflammatory
      - Dermatomyositis
      - Polymyositis
    - Pediatric infectious myositis
      - Pediatric infectious myositis
      - Bacterial myositis
      - Parasitic
      - Viral and post-viral myositis
    - Toxin mediated myositis in children
      - Toxic myopathy
  - Other
    - Torticollis

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Amputation/limb deficiency
- Acquired
  - Pediatric acquired upper and lower limb deficiency
- Congenital
  - Congenital Upper Limb Deficiency
  - Congenital Lower Limb Deficiency
Bone
- Pediatric congenital bone diseases (other)
  - Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Acquired
  - Pediatric fractures in developing bone
    - Stress
    - Greenstick
    - Avulsions
    - Salter Harris
  - Tumors
    - Primary bone tumors in children and teens
    - Osteogenic sarcoma
Pediatric Burns
- Thermal
- Electrical
- Lightening strike
Joint
- Congenital
- Acquired
  - Inflammatory
    - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
    - Inflammatory Arthritides
  - Atraumatic
    - Legg Calve Perthe disease
    - Blount’s disease
    - Slipped capitofemoral epiphyses
  - Traumatic joint diseases in children
    - Osteochondritis dessicans
    - Patellofemoral syndrome in children
    - Pediatric hemarthrosis
Soft Tissue
- Congenital
  - Benign joint hypermobile syndrome in children
  - Marfan’s syndrome
  - Ehler Danlos syndrome
- Acquired
  - Acquired inflammatory diseases of the joint in children
  - Bechet’s
  - Scleroderma in children
  - Systemic lupus erythrematosis in children
- Traumatic joint diseases in children
  - Pediatric muscle strains
  - Pediatric soft tissue sprains
  - Pediatric enthesopathies
Other spinal disorders in children
Metabolic bone diseases in children
- Osteoporosis/osteopenia in children

Cancer and Organ Transplantation

Rehabilitation in blood malignancies including leukemia and lymphoma
Neurofibromatosis
- Type 1
- Type 2

Genetic and Developmental Disorders

Mitochondrial syndromes in children
Hemophilia in children
Sickle cell disease
Down Syndrome

Cardiopulmonary Disorders

Congenital vascular anomalies
Acquired cardiopulmonary disorders in children

Pain Disorders

Fibromyalgia
Complex regional syndromes types 1 and 2
- Complex regional pain syndrome Part 1: Essentials of Assessment and Diagnosis
- Complex regional pain syndrome Part 2: Management and Treatment
Adolescent pain disorders
- Rehabilitation Approach to Adolescent Pain

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Essentials of Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Basic Practice Concepts

Rehabilitation philosophy
- The Philosophical Foundations of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
History of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- The Early History of the Specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation teams
Functional assessment
Environmental assessment
- Physical environment
- Environmental Assessment
- Interpersonal environment
Conceptual models of disability
Measurement of Outcomes

Specialized Physiatric Assessment and Management Strategies

Essentials of Physiatric Assessment and Management Strategies
Osteopathic Medicine
Procedures
- Diagnostic
  - Physiatric approaches to physical examination
    1. Neurological examination and classification of SCI
    2. Cognitive/behavioral/neuropsychological testing
    3. Specialized musculoskeletal examination
      1. Spine and neck
      2. Extremities
    4. Assessment/determination of spinal stability after spinal compression fractures and spinal cord injury
      1. Spinal Instability: Definition, theory and assessment of spinal column function and dysfunction
    5. Physiological principles underlying electrodiagnosis and neurophysiologic testing
  - Imaging
- Principles of pharmalogic treatments
  - Injectable agents
    1. Peripheral agents, soft tissue injections
      1. Anesthetic agents
      2. Steroids and Corticosteroids
    2. Central agents
      1. Intrathecal Agents
      2. Other central pumps
    3. Steroids
    4. Analgesics
      1. Non-opioids
        
        Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Medications
        
        Anticonvulsants
        
        Other adjuvant agents
      2. Opioids
        
        Opioid Management for Chronic Pain
    5. Immune stimulators
  - Therapeutic Injection of Dextrose: Prolotherapy, Perineural Injection Therapy and Hydrodissection
  - Joint injections/aspiration
  - Spinal procedures
  - Neurolysis
Physiatric therapeutics
- Exercise
  - Exercise prescription and basic principles of therapeutic exercise
    1. Strengthening
    2. Flexibility
    3. Endurance
      1. Cardiovascular
        
        Cardiac issues in sports medicine
      2. Muscular
        
        Hydration Issues in the Athlete and Exercise Associated Hyponatremia
    4. Skill aquisition
      - Downed runner
  - Integrative Approaches to Therapeutic Exercise
  - Core stabilization
    1. To support specific athletic skills including injury prevention
      1. Throwing athletes
    2. For injured workers including prevention
      1. Core Strengthening
  - Alternative and complementary approaches
    1. Acupuncture
      - Alternative and Complementary Approaches – Acupuncture
    2. Biomechanical
      - Pilates
    3. Energy flow
      - Tai chi
  - Role of exercise in neuromuscular conditions
- Therapeutic modalities
  - Heat
  - Cold
  - Electricity
  - Manual treatments
- Upper and lower limb orthoses and therapeutic footwear
  - Cervico lumbar and spinal orthoses
  - Cervical/thoracic
  - Lumbosacral/pelvic
    1. Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbosacral Orthoses
- Durable medical equipment that supports activities of daily living, transfers and ambulation
  - Wheelchair and power mobility
- Environmental evaluation
  - Therapeutic massage
  - Home/workplace modification
  - Universal design
  - Ergonomics
- Virtual reality/robotic applications in rehabilitation
- Caregiving training
Administrative rehabilitation medicine
- Systems based practice
  - Administrative Rehabilitation Medicine: Systems-based Practice
  - Palliative care
- Rehabilitation team functioning
- Outcome measurement in rehabilitation
  - Disability evaluation
  - Quality improvement / patient safety issues relevant to rehabilitation
- Compliance issues relevant to rehabilitation
- Regulatory and accreditation requirements in rehabilitation
  - Professionalism in rehabilitation including peer, student, resident and fellow recommendations/assessment
  - Ethical issues commonly managed during rehabilitation
- Resource allocation in rehabilitation
- Pay for performance in rehabiitation
  - Achieving Pay-for-Performance in Outpatient Practice through Measurement of Functional Health Outcomes
- Rehabilitation levels of care
- Medico-legal considerations / risk management in rehabilitation
- Patient advocacy in rehabilitation
  - Clinical informatics in rehabilitation practice
- Communication issues relevant in rehabilitation
  - Communication Issues in Physical Medicine and Rehabiltiation
  - Electronic medical record/electronic health record
  - Privacy
  - Meaningful use
  - Medical reconciliation/hand-offs of care
    1. Transition of Care / Medication Reconciliation

Basic Science Concepts

Basic skills for assessment of medical literature
- Essentials of understanding medical literature: Classes of evidence, FDA guidelines, basic statistics, and study design for understanding medical literature
Neurological recovery and regeneration
- Central
  - Natural Recovery and Regeneration of the Central Nervous System
- Peripheral
  - Peripheral neurological recovery and regeneration
Neuromuscular Physiology
Movement of physiology, biomechanics/kinesiology, and analysis
- Biomechanic of gait and treatment of abnormal gait patterns
- Assessment and treatment of balance impairments
- Energy expenditure during basic mobility and approaches to energy conservation
  - Pain and placebo physiology
  - Energy expenditure during basic mobility and approaches to energy conservation
Pain and placebo physiology
Normal aging
- Cell death/apoptosis
Illness behavior
- Influence of psychosocial factors on illness behaviors
- Female athlete triad
Normal development
- Normal childhood and adolescent development
- Psychological and psychosocial development during adulthood
- Developmental transitions
  - Child to adult
    1. Transition to Adulthood for Persons with Childhood Onset Disabilities
  - Middle age to old age
Models of learning and behavioral modification in rehabilitation
- Incorporation of prevention and risk factor modification in rehabilitation

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