Author: Joel A. DeLisa Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 0756700213 Category : Gait Languages : en Pages : 129
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Instrumented gait analysis systems offer objective evaluation of the effectiveness of the various rehabilitation treatments that are aimed at improving gait disabilities. There are four sections in this report: clinical observation; review of the instrumental gait analysis systems; the value of information resulting from instrumented gait analysis from the perspective of a psychiatrist, an orthopedic surgeon, & a physical therapist; & discussion of future trends for gait laboratories. The authors are experts from multiple rehabilitation specialties to give you an understanding of how gait analysis can be used to evaluate a person's walking abilities to maximize function & maintain or improve quality of life. Illustrations.
Author: Ronald L. Valmassy Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 536
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CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY is a comprehensive text addressing the principles of anatomic and biomechanical development and the clinical application of these principles to disease/disorder management. The emphasis of the book is on practical information applicable to the daily practice of lower extremity care. Topics covered include: the physical examination and the assessment of disorders having a biomechanical basis, casting techniques, prescription writing, orthotic trouble-shooting, splinting and shoe prescription for athletic activity.
Author: World Bank Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 0821385631 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 114
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This report provides the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of Iraqi income and expenditure in several decades. The report makes extensive use of the Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey, the first nationwide income and expenditure survey since 1988. IHSES data is complemented income and expenditure data from a wide range of other measures of living standards, allowing us to analyze living standards in a holistic way. The analysis presented here was performed with two main goals first, to inform the Government s Poverty Reduction Strategy; and second, to serve as a baseline for future assessments of changes in living standards and the identification of critical issues for deeper examination. Iraqi living standards have two unusual characteristics. First, they have fallen over the past generation. Second, they feature surprisingly little inequality. These characteristics are both rooted in Iraq s recent history of authoritarian government, war, military occupation, insurgency, and civil strife leading to infrastructure destruction and population displacement. There have been few opportunities for individuals to prosper from professional or entrepreneurial activities. Decades of neglected investment have resulted in deterioration of social services and economic infrastructure. Consequently, individuals have lacked capabilities to prosper and an investment climate conducive to prosperity. School enrollment and life expectancy have declined. Extremely low returns to education reflect the combination of poor educational quality and lack of employment opportunities. In terms of economic infrastructure, access to reliable electricity and water, and even access to paved roads are low, are further reflections of decades of neglect. While the upper end of the distribution has been pulled down by a lack of opportunities, the lower end has been supported by direct government provision of food. The Public Distribution System (PDS) provides 85 percent of food needs. While PDS has been useful as a safety net for the poor and the vulnerable, the system is expensive, inefficient, and fiscally risky. Indeed, PDS food rations account for a far greater share of public spending than does education or health. Going forward, Iraq faces two main challenges. First, although Iraq does not have to develop from scratch, it faces a formidable challenge in re-development. Second, a shift by the Government is required from direct provision of basic subsistence toward investment in human capacities. The Government can provide an enabling environment through investments in economic infrastructure and services to business and citizens, thus allowing the population to make productive use of education and their own labor. Both challenges are now being taken up by the Poverty Reduction Strategy, which articulates a detailed set of required actions and outlines priorities for government spending.
Author: Christine Parent Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 354030326X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 475
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From environmental management to land planning and geo-marketing, the number of application domains that may greatly benefit from using data enriched with spatio-temporal features is expanding very rapidly. This book shows that a conceptual design approach for spatio-temporal databases is both feasible and easy to apprehend. While providing a firm basis through extensive discussion of traditional data modeling concepts, the major focus of the book is on modeling spatial and temporal information.
Author: Richard B. Birrer Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 9780849327414 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 656
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In our increasingly active society, children, teenagers, adults, and the elderly are swimming, jogging, weight training, and competing in a wide variety of individual and team sports. Approximately 85-95% of athletic problems are handled by primary care providers, many of whom are serving as team or school doctors. Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician, Second Edition, provides the latest information on major topics in sports science and clinical medicine that affect primary care physicians. The first section of the book presents the history of sports medicine, the role of the primary care doctor in sports, and the scientific ingredients of good athletic care (e.g., pre-participation exam, drugs/doping, prevention and protective equipment, nutrition). The second section considers the nonoperative management of common sports injuries. After an introduction in which epidemiological, rehabilitative, and healing concerns are presented, on-field emergencies and their management are discussed. General and individual sport injuries are detailed in a cohesive, consistent format that includes relevant anatomy; epidemiology; common eponyms; mechanism of injury; history; physical, laboratory, and radiological findings; differential diagnosis; treatment; rehabilitation; consultation guidelines; and prognosis and prevention. Chapter bibliographies provide general and specific references for additional information. Appendices include pertinent sports curricula for professionals involved in athletic care, equipment lists, ACSM position statements, sports jargon compendium, and a detailed guide to common stretching/rehabilitative exercises. The book contains 259 illustrations and 98 tables.
Author: Thomas Gmür Publisher: EPFL Press ISBN: 288074461X Category : Finite element method Languages : fr Pages : 266
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Une étape primordiale dans la conception et l'optimisation des structures complexes est l'établissement d'un modèle numérique de base, affiné successivement par des essais expérimentaux pour être finalement validé. Cette phase de modélisation, essentielle pour une compréhension future du comportement du système sous différentes sollicitations, suppose le recours à un outil d'analyse numérique performant et maîtrisable, s'appuyant généralement sur la méthode des éléments finis. Cet ouvrage a pour dessein d'exposer les fondements de la méthode des éléments finis et de montrer les qualités - mais aussi les limites - de ce procédé qui constitue à l'heure actuelle la technique la plus répandue de discrétisation spatiale. Son originalité réside dans l'analyse méthodique des problèmes elliptiques du second ordre monodimensionnels, bidimensionnels à variable d'état scalaire et tridimensionnels à variable d'état vectorielle, depuis leur formulation forte classique jusqu'à l'approche locale par la méthode des éléments finis. Mathématiquement rigoureux sans sacrifier les aspects pratiques, l'ouvrage passe systématiquement en revue les formes intégrale, faible et discrète des classes de problèmes couramment rencontrés en mécanique appliquée pour aboutir à une élaboration unifiée d'un modèle d'éléments finis. Comme en témoignent les nombreux exemples et exercices simples qui jalonnent l'exposé, le livre s'adresse en priorité aux étudiants de début de deuxième cycle. Bien que conçu à la base comme support d'enseignement, il est aussi destiné aux chercheurs et ingénieurs praticiens qui désirent s'initier à la méthode des éléments finis.
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