Health Professionals' Guide to the Physical Management of Parkinson's Disease - Hardcover

Miriam Boelen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0736074929 ISBN 13: 9780736074926

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2009

Synopsis

A professional reference for clinicians evaluating and treating patients with Parkinson\x27s disease including physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nurses, and personal trainers.

About this title

About the Author

An early experience with Parkinson's disease led Boelen to pursue a career in the field of physical therapy and later to specialise in the care of people with PD. In 1978 she received a qualification in B.S. Physical Therapy and today, with over 30 years experience as a Licensed Physical Therapist, she holds the position of Senior Staff Physical Therapist at Glenbrook Hospital in Illinois. Boelen regularly lectures physical/occupational therapists, PD support group leaders, people with PD and their caregivers on Parkinson's Disease as it pertains to physical management: exercise, walking aides, caregiver instruction and education. She is a certified member of both the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). As a Movement disorder specialist for 18 years she has also worked with patients who have implanted deep brain stimulators.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736074929
• ISBN 13: 9780736074926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320