Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 5th Edition
Key Features
- Provides the up-to-date information you need on both traditional and cutting-edge interventions, designing effective treatment and rehabilitation plans, and working with interdisciplinary teams that meet your patients’ current and changing needs
- Presents each topic in a consistent, quick-reference format that includes a description of the condition (including ICD-10 diagnostic codes), discussion of symptoms, examination findings, functional limitations, and diagnostic testing. An extensive treatment section covers initial therapies, rehabilitation interventions, ultrasound-guided and other minimally invasive procedures, and surgery
- Includes new content on musculoskeletal conditions, regenerative rehabilitation, evolving health conditions such as long COVID, and more
- Contains current information in every treatment area where recently developed technologies or devices have been added to the therapeutic and rehabilitation strategies, including robotic exoskeletons, wearable sensors, and more
- 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
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780443235160 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | Edited by Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine & Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee and Julie K. Silver, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Copyright Year | 2027 |
| Edition Number | 5 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | 216w x 276h (8.50" x 10.875") |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 930 |
| Publication Date | 29 Dec 2025 |
| Stock Status | Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery |


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22 Medial Epicondylitis
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Section IV: Hand and Wrist
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Section V: Mid Back
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41 Thoracic Radiculopathy
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45 Lumbar Radiculopathy
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47 Lumbar Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
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51 Hip Labral Tears
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55 Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy
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58 Hip and Pelvis Bone Stress Injuries
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61 Quadriceps Contusion
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63 Calf Strains
64 Baker Cyst
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66 Collateral Ligament Sprain
67 Exertional Leg Pain
68 Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy
69 Iliotibial Band Syndrome
70 Knee Osteoarthritis
71 Knee Bursopathy
72 Leg Bone Stress Injuries
73 Shin Splints
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75 Patellar Tendinopathy
76 Patellofemoral Pain
77 Posterior Cruciate Ligament Sprain
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80 Ankle Arthritis
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84 Bone Stress Injuries of the Foot and Ankle
85 Hallux Rigidus
86 Metatarsalgia
87 Morton’s Neuroma
88 Plantar Fasciitis
89 Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
90 Tibial Neuropathy (Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome)
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92 Arachnoiditis
93 Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
94 Chronic Pain Syndrome
95 Coccydynia
96 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
97 Costosternal Syndrome
98 Fibromyalgia
99 Headache Management
100 Intercostal Neuralgia
101 Myofascial Pain Syndrome
102 Occipital Neuralgia
103 Chronic Pelvic Pain
104 Phantom Limb Pain
105 Postherpetic Neuralgia
106 Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome
107 Central Poststroke Pain (Thalamic Pain Syndrome)
108 Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome
109 Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome
110 Temporomandibular Pain
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112 Tietze Syndrome
113 Trigeminal Neuralgia
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114 Upper Limb Amputations
115 Lower Limb Amputations
116 Ankylosing Spondylitis
117 Burns
118 Cardiac Rehabilitation
119 Cancer-Related Fatigue
120 Cerebral Palsy
121 Joint Contractures
122 Deep Venous Thrombosis
123 Diabetic Foot and Peripheral Arterial Disease
124 Dysautonomia (POTS)
125 Dysphagia
126 Heterotopic Ossification
127 Hypermobility Syndromes
128 Lymphedema
129 Motor Neuron Disease
130 Movement Disorders
131 Multiple Sclerosis
132 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
133 Myopathies
134 Neural Tube Defects
135 Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
136 Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction
137 Osteoarthritis
138 Osteoporosis
139 Parkinson Disease
140 Peripheral Neuropathies
141 Brachial Plexopathy
142 Plexopathy: Lumbosacral
143 Polytrauma Rehabilitation
144 Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms
145 Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation
146 Post-intensive Care Syndrome
147 Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
148 Pressure Injury
149 Rehabilitation of the Patient With Respiratory Dysfunction
150 Rheumatoid Arthritis
151 Scoliosis and Kyphosis
152 Spasticity
153 Neurological Speech and Language Disorders
154 Spinal Cord Injury (Cervical)
155 Spinal Cord Injury (Thoracic)
156 Spinal Cord Injury (Lumbosacral)
157 Stroke
158 Stroke in Young Adults
159 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
160 Transverse Myelitis
161 Traumatic Brain Injury