Hypermobility in Medical Practice, 1st ed. 2023 In Clinical Practice Series
This book provides a clear and concise guide to hypermobility in medicine and physiotherapy. Each chapter is written with a uniform style, including illustrations highlighting the clinical characteristics of manifestations related to hypermobility. Key topics are comprehensively covered throughout the book in the context of both medicine and physiotherapy.
This book offers supportive information for practitioners who are seeking as single resource on the topic. Medical professionals, physiotherapists, physical educators, psychologists, nutritionists, occupational therapists, psychomotor therapists, and postgraduate students will find this book to be an essential guide in their daily clinical practice and research in the field.
Neuseli Lamari is Associate Professor in Health Sciences and Professional of Physiotherapy (PT) at the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), Brazil (1994). She obtained her undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy at the Methodist University of Piracicaba, Brazil, in 1981, followed by a master’s degree, FAMERP, in 1994, her Ph.D. in Health Sciences, FAMERP, in 2000 and Senior Lecturer (Livre-Docente) in physiotherapy by the FAMERP, Brazil (2009).
She founded the PT Service at the Hospital de Base (HB) in São José do Rio Preto in 1984. In 1991, she implemented the Professional Improvement Course in PT at HB and the Advanced Training Course in Physiotherapy at FUNFARME. She started the first Multiprofessional Residency Program (MRP) in Physical Rehabilitation (PR) in Brazil (2013) and has 40 years of extensive experience in the PT field with an emphasis on Joint Hypermobility (JH) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS).
As a recognized Brazilian expert in Hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, she has given numerous interviews to the spoken and written media, including the highest-rated national networks. She is the author or the co-author of 40 full articles published in medical journals, and she has also published a book and 38 articles in newspaper and magazines. She is also the general coordinator of the MRP in PR and responsible for the implementation, technical assistance and teaching in the public health service of the only JH and EDS Outpatient Clinic in Brazil.
Peter Beighton was appointed as the professor of Human Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town, in 1972, and from 1983 to 1998, he was also the director of the SA MRC Unit for Medical Genetics. He is a fellow and a former vice president of the Royal Society of South Africa and a former chairman of the South African Human Genetics Society.
Prof. Beighton’s research has involved inherited disorders of the skeleton and connective
Covers important aspects of joint hypermobility
Provides a broad overview in a single resource
Easy-to-use format with a uniform style throughout
Date de parution : 09-2023
Ouvrage de 209 p.
12.7x20.3 cm