Rehabilitation Medicine for Elderly Patients

This book clearly explains when and how different rehabilitation techniques should be applied in the aging patient, thereby enabling readers to identify and apply those rehabilitation strategies that will maximize quality of life and functional independence in individual cases. It is specifically designed for ease of consultation and rapid retrieval of the information most relevant to clinical practice. Prominence is given to the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation, with discussion of a very wide range of aspects of rehabilitation in different disease settings. The breadth of coverage is illustrated by the attention paid to less commonly addressed topics such as visual and hearing rehabilitation, the role of robotics and 3D imaging techniques, variations in approach among health care systems, and rehabilitation in end-of-life care. The authors are international academic experts in their fields, guaranteeing a high scientific standard throughout. This manual will be an invaluable tool and source of knowledge for geriatricians and physiatrists but will also appeal to a wider range of clinicians, practitioners, and students.

• Rehabilitation
• Elderly
• Older patients
• Frail Elderly
• Physical exercise
• Physical therapy modalities
• Geriatrics
• Physiotherapy
• Aging
• rehabilitation psychology

“The book is described as ‘comprehensive, educational..., simple, easy to read, clear, and .Structured.’ These are worthy objectives, particularly for individuals who are new to the field, and the book meets them. The audience is primarily physicians and other professionals who interact and work with older adults with disabilities.” (Elliot J Roth, Doody's Book Reviews, May 17, 2019)

• Department of Neuroscience, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

  Stefano Masiero

• IRRCS, Fondazione Ospedale San Camillo, Venezia, Italy

  Ugo Carraro

Stefano Masiero is Full Professor and Director of the Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine School at the University of Padua, Italy, as well as Chief of the Rehabilitation Department and Director of the Laboratory of Bioengineering and Clinical Movement at Padua University General Hospital. His areas of particular scientific and clinical interest are the effects of exercise and new tools for neurorehabilitation, functional electrical stimulation, and treatments for spinal, musculoskeletal, and rheumatic diseases. Dr. Masiero has been the coordinator of many national and international research projects in the field of rehabilitation. He is a member of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SIMFER), the Italian Society of Neurological Rehabilitation (SINR), the World Federation for Neurorehabilitation (WFNR), and the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM). Dr. Masiero is a member of the editorial boards of many international journals andhas authored more than 150 scientific papers on rehabilitation in national and international journals.

Ugo Carraro is a Senior Scholar at Padua University, Italy. He is ex-Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Translational Myology – CIR-Myo as well as ex-Associate Professor of General Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine at the university. Dr. Carraro is Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Translational Myology. His research interests have included especially the basics of muscle plasticity and its applications in biomedicine and he has been the recipient of a number of important research grants, including most recently in partnership with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Electrical Stimulation and with support from the EU INTERREG programs. Other earlier projects included research undertaken with the Wilhelminenspital and the Medical University of Vienna (2005–6), work on “Guided healing and reconstruction of myopathic, denervated, ablated and ectopic skeletal muscle” (project manager, 2004–5), and the EU-funded project "RISE: Use of electrical stimulation to restore standing in paraplegics with long-term denervated degenerated muscles (DDM)" (2001–5). 

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