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Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Edition 7Editors: By David X. Cifu, MD
Publication Date:
05 Dec 2025
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Description
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation**For more than 25 years, Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has been the most trusted resource for PM&R physicians and residents on physiatry knowledge and techniques. Under the longstanding editorial leadership of Dr. David X. Cifu, the fully revised 7th Edition continues the tradition of excellence with in-depth coverage of essential core principles along with the latest cutting-edge research, innovative technologies, and interventional procedures that enhance patient care and facilitate optimal return to function. A succinct, easy-to-navigate format emphasizes need-to-know material, while numerous high-quality illustrations, step-by-step videos, and quick-reference study features make this edition a complete, evidence-based resource for every member of the PM&R team.
Key Features
- Offers comprehensive coverage of stroke, interventional pain management, gait and prosthetics, USG, fluoroscopy, electrodiagnosis, assistive technology, impairment rating and disability determination, integrative medicine, and much more
- Features highly illustrated, templated chapters that are easy to navigate without sacrificing coverage of key topics
- Contains new coverage of functional medicine as a whole health approach, including atypical systemic disorders covering long COVID, dementia, and autoimmune disorders
- Includes study sheets, high-yield information boxes, and case studies for problem-based learning, as well as new summary pearls in every chapter
- Provides online access to more than 100 videos on physical assessment and ultrasound techniques, and hundreds of multiple-choice self-assessment questions
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
About the author
By David X. Cifu, MD, Associate Dean of Innovation and System Integration and Eminent Scholar, Herman J. Flax, MD Professor and Chair, Department of, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Senior Consultant, Sheltering Arms Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, USA
Section 1 Evaluation
1. The Physiatric History and Physical Examination
2. Examination of the Pediatric Patient
3. Rehabilitation of Swallowing Disorders
4. Auditory, Vestibular, and Visual Impairments
5. Psychological Assessment and Intervention in Rehabilitation
6. Practical Aspects of Impairment Rating and Disability Determination
7. Occupational Medicine and Vocational Rehabilitation
8. Quality and Outcome Measures for Medical Rehabilitation
9. Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Section 2 Treatment Techniques and Special Equipment
10. Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Restoration in Upper Limb Amputation
11. Lower Limb Amputation and Gait
12. Upper Limb Orthoses and Robotics
13. Lower Limb Orthoses
14. Spinal Orthoses
15. Wheelchairs and Seating Systems
16. Therapeutic Exercise
17. Manipulation, Traction, and Massage
18. Physical Agent Modalities
19. Integrative Medicine in Rehabilitation
20. Assistive Technology and Environmental Control Devices
Section 3 Common Clinical Problems
21. Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
22. Neurogenic Bowel: Dysfunction and Rehabilitation
23. Sexual Dysfunction and Disability
24. Spasticity
25. Prevention and Management of Pressure Injuries and Chronic Ulcers
26. Vascular Diseases
27. Burns
28. Acute Medical Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Disease, Medical Frailty, and Renal Failure
29. Chronic Medical Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Organ Transplantation, and Diabetes
30. Cancer Rehabilitation
31. Geriatrics
32. Rehabilitation of Common Rheumatological Disorders
Section 4 Issues in Specific Diagnoses
33. Common Neck Problems
34. Low Back Disorders
35. Osteoporosis
36. Upper Limb Pain and Dysfunction
37. Lower Limb Pain and Dysfunction
38. Chronic Pain
39. Pelvic Floor Disorders
40. Sports Medicine and Adaptive Sports
41. Motor Neuron Diseases
42. Peripheral Nerve Disorders
43. Myopathic Disorders
44. Traumatic Brain Injury
45. Stroke Rehabilitation
46. Degenerative Movement Disorders of the Central Nervous System
47. Multiple Sclerosis
48. Cerebral Palsy
49. Myelomeningocele and Other Spinal Dysraphisms
50. Spinal Cord Injury
1. The Physiatric History and Physical Examination
2. Examination of the Pediatric Patient
3. Rehabilitation of Swallowing Disorders
4. Auditory, Vestibular, and Visual Impairments
5. Psychological Assessment and Intervention in Rehabilitation
6. Practical Aspects of Impairment Rating and Disability Determination
7. Occupational Medicine and Vocational Rehabilitation
8. Quality and Outcome Measures for Medical Rehabilitation
9. Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Section 2 Treatment Techniques and Special Equipment
10. Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Restoration in Upper Limb Amputation
11. Lower Limb Amputation and Gait
12. Upper Limb Orthoses and Robotics
13. Lower Limb Orthoses
14. Spinal Orthoses
15. Wheelchairs and Seating Systems
16. Therapeutic Exercise
17. Manipulation, Traction, and Massage
18. Physical Agent Modalities
19. Integrative Medicine in Rehabilitation
20. Assistive Technology and Environmental Control Devices
Section 3 Common Clinical Problems
21. Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
22. Neurogenic Bowel: Dysfunction and Rehabilitation
23. Sexual Dysfunction and Disability
24. Spasticity
25. Prevention and Management of Pressure Injuries and Chronic Ulcers
26. Vascular Diseases
27. Burns
28. Acute Medical Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Disease, Medical Frailty, and Renal Failure
29. Chronic Medical Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Organ Transplantation, and Diabetes
30. Cancer Rehabilitation
31. Geriatrics
32. Rehabilitation of Common Rheumatological Disorders
Section 4 Issues in Specific Diagnoses
33. Common Neck Problems
34. Low Back Disorders
35. Osteoporosis
36. Upper Limb Pain and Dysfunction
37. Lower Limb Pain and Dysfunction
38. Chronic Pain
39. Pelvic Floor Disorders
40. Sports Medicine and Adaptive Sports
41. Motor Neuron Diseases
42. Peripheral Nerve Disorders
43. Myopathic Disorders
44. Traumatic Brain Injury
45. Stroke Rehabilitation
46. Degenerative Movement Disorders of the Central Nervous System
47. Multiple Sclerosis
48. Cerebral Palsy
49. Myelomeningocele and Other Spinal Dysraphisms
50. Spinal Cord Injury
Book Reviews
Review of the previous edition:
"This updated edition provides recent findings from research and clinical practice. There has been great growth in physical medicine and rehabilitation so it was appropriate to update this textbook to keep up with modern practice. The book met my expectations." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Michael Nguyen, MD, MPH (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!
"This updated edition provides recent findings from research and clinical practice. There has been great growth in physical medicine and rehabilitation so it was appropriate to update this textbook to keep up with modern practice. The book met my expectations." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Michael Nguyen, MD, MPH (Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!
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9780443264382
Page Count:
1445
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